What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardgallin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardgallin, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies pasture on a ridge and appears on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a subcircular embankment about sixty metres across. Only the western half remains visible as a raised area half a metre high because quarrying removed part of the eastern section.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. This possible rath is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an embanked subcircular area (diam. c. 60m). Only the W half of the enclosure now remains, evident as a raised area (H 0.5m). Some quarrying has taken place in the E area of the rath. 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 earthen ringfort in Ardgallin, likely dating to the early medieval period, is situated on a ridge top in pasture. The western half of its subcircular enclosure, with a diameter of about 60 meters, remains as a slight earthwork, and such sites are often associated with local folklore involving fairies or ancient druidic rituals.

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