What is recorded here
The fairy fort or stone ringfort in Sroove is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval pasture area measuring 57 metres north-south and 54 metres east-west on a slope overlooking Lough Gara. A drystone wall with a rubble core encloses the site, standing 1.6 metres thick with an internal height of 1.1 metres and an external height of 1.2 metres. The wall survives best along the northwest and southwest arcs but is removed almost to ground level elsewhere.
In pasture, on a SSW-facing slope overlooking Lough Gara. An oval area (57m N-S; 54m E-W) enclosed by a drystone wall (T 1.6m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.2m) with a rubble core. The wall survives best along the NW and SW arcs and is removed almost to ground level elsewhere. The interior slopes down to SW and a number of boulders are scattered across its surface.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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