What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardabrone is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardabrone, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular site measures about twenty metres across and sits on a slight southeast-facing slope in pasture. Most of its earth and stone bank has been levelled, leaving only a narrow strip preserved beneath a drystone field wall and revetted with large limestone boulders. No entrance or ditch remains visible at ground level.

Situated on slight SE facing slope in pasture. The site has largely been levelled. Remains comprise roughly circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The majority of the bank has been levelled and what remains is preserved beneath a drystone field wall NE-SE. The surviving bank is revetted with large limestone boulders on the interior. The line of the levelled bank is visible as a slight broad inward facing scarp (int. H 0.3m) SW-NW and the enclosing element is not visible SE-SW. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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