What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on the east-facing slope of a low drumlin, closely enclosed by four field boundaries. A raised circular area measures thirty metres north-south and twenty-eight point six metres east-west, defined by an earthen bank along the eastern arc and a scarp elsewhere. The interior slopes downward to the east and shows partial quarrying at the west.

In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a low drumlin; closely enclosed by four field boundaries at NE, SE, SW and NW. A raised circular area (int. diam. 30m N-S; 28.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.5m) along the E arc and by a scarp elsewhere. The interior, which slopes down to E, is partially quarried into at W. 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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