What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rue is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rue, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular site spans twenty-eight metres and joins a flat-topped earthen bank with a steep natural scarp. Hawthorn bushes line the perimeter while a field boundary crosses the eastern bank. Slight traces of an external fosse remain visible along the southern and western edges.

In level pasture, adjacent to a steep natural scarp to N. A raised circular area (diam. 28m) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.9m) NE-NW and by a scarp (H 2m) NW-NE. Slight traces of an external fosse (Wth 6m; D c. 0.3m) are evident SSE-SSW and at W. There is a field boundary on top of the bank along the E arc. Hawthorn bushes grow along the perimeter. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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