What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullyhugh is in County Sligo, Ireland. The oval site is 39.6 metres long and 26.5 metres wide, defined by a scarp as high as 0.6 metre. Low grass-covered stone wall foundations, 1.4 metres wide and about 1 metre high, top short stretches of the eastern and southern arcs. Terraces 5 and 11 metres wide and 0.4 metre high lie at the base of the southeastern and western arcs.

In pasture, on a low rise, on the lower S-facing slope of a ridge; the ground slopes steeply down to SE and ENE. An oval area (39.6m NW-SE; 26.5m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.6m). Short stretches of the scarp are topped by low grass-covered foundations of a stone wall (Wth 1.4m; H c. 1m) along the E and S arcs. At the base of the scarp along the SE and W arcs is a terrace (Wth 5m and 11m respectively; H 0.4m). A NE-SW field boundary crosses the SE half of the interior. 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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