What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvally West is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinvally West, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low pasture rise with an oval interior raised one metre above the surrounding ground. An eroded earthen bank and external fosse mark its arcs, while a bowl-barrow sits fifty metres to the south-southeast.

In pasture, on a low rise. A raised oval area (32m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.7m) along the SW, W and N arcs. An external fosse (Wth c. 9m; D 0.6m) is evident along the SW and NE arcs. The interior is raised c. 1m above the external ground level. There is a bowl-barrow (SL038-059----) c. 50m to SSE. 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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