What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Seafield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Seafield, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a hillock at the end of a ridge and contains an oval space measuring 17 by 18 metres inside a 2-metre-wide bank and exterior ditch. The earth and stone bank survives only on the north side, while a 3.60-metre-wide ramp marks the eastern entrance.
Located on top of a hillock at the end of a ridge in undulating countryside. Comprises an oval area (int. diam. 17m by 18m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank ( Wth 2m, H 0.50m), only preserved on N side, and an exterior ditch (Wth 2m, D 0.40m). There is an entrance ramp on the E side (Wth 3.60m).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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