What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullanaglug is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullanaglug, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised oval measures 31 metres from southwest to northeast and 24.7 metres from southeast to northwest. An earthen bank forms the northwest and northeast edges, while a scarp defines the southeast and southwest. A barely visible external ditch runs along the northwest and northeast, with a road curving around its line to the southwest and northwest.

In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a low rise. A raised oval area (int. diam. 31m SW-NE; 24.7m SE-NW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.8m) NW-NE and by a scarp NE-SW. The bank is topped by a field boundary SE-NW. An external fosse (Wth 4m) is barely discernible NW-NE; a road curves around the line of the fosse SW-NW. The interior slopes down to SE. 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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