What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rosses Lower is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rosses Lower, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight south-southwest-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A broad earth and stone bank encloses a roughly circular area about twenty-five metres across. Two field boundary banks cut across or touch the site, while overgrowth hides most of the remaining structure.
Situated on a slight SSW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised roughly circular area (diam. c.25m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is overgrown and inaccessible except for a portion of the bank at N. The site is bisected by a WNW-ESE orientated field boundary bank. A NNE-WSW orientated field boundary bank abuts the site E-SE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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