What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardvarney is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardvarney, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on a south-facing slope but is no longer visible at ground level. The 1838 Ordnance Survey map drew it as a circular embankment about thirty metres across, while the 1914 map reduced it to a semicircular arc. Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman, Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy recorded these changing lines in their County Sligo inventory.

On a S-facing slope. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as semicircular arc of hachures S-N. 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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