What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Sroove is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Sroove, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular enclosure measures 15.8 metres north to south and 15 metres east to west, bounded by a low ruinous wall 2.5 metres wide that stands 15 centimetres high inside and 20 centimetres high outside. Much stone has been removed from the structure, ferns and heather cover the interior, and a separate field boundary runs along the eastern edge. The site occupies upland stony pasture on a south-facing slope of the Curlew Mountains.

In upland stony pasture, on a S-facing slope of the Curlew Mountains. A roughly circular area (15.8m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by a low ruinous stone wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) from which much of the stone has been robbed. The interior slopes down to S. The cashel is overgrown with ferns and heather. A stone field boundary has been built along the E 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

A fairy fort or stone ringfort in Sroove, likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, is associated with local folklore of fairy dwellings and otherworldly beings. Its location in the Curlew Mountains suggests a connection to ancient territorial boundaries or seasonal pastoral routes.

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