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 a broad ridge and forms a raised circular area about twenty-six metres across. An earth and stone bank, nearly three metres wide and one and a half metres high outside, encloses the level interior.

In pasture, on top of a broad ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 26.1m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.85m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.6m). The interior is level. 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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