What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinvoher (carbury By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinvoher (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies high ground in undulating pasture and contains a circular area measuring 26.2 metres across. Three earthen banks and two fosses surround the centre, while the outermost bank survives only from the southeast to the north. A southern entrance cuts through the banks with widths ranging from 1.8 to 5 metres.
On high ground in undulating pasture. A circular area (diam. 26.2m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.23m; ext. H 0.15m; Wth 1.4m), a fosse (Wth 2.4m), a second bank (int. H 0.26m; ext. H 0.76m, Wth 2m), an outer fosse (Wth 2m) and an external bank (int. H 0.84m; ext H 0.47m; Wth 1.3m) which survives from SE to N only. An entrance occurs at the S (Wth inner bank; 3.2m; Wth second bank 1.8m; Wth external bank 5m).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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