What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a circular area on the south-facing slope of a drumlin within pasture. An earthen bank encloses the site except to the south, where a scarp appears. The concave interior slopes downward toward that southern boundary.

In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a drumlin. A circular area (int. diam. 22.7m N-S; 21.2m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.75m) except to S where a scarp (H 0.7m) is evident. The interior is concave and slopes down to S. There is a stone-faced field boundary directly S of the rath. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy is a circular early-medieval defensive or domestic site, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in their supernatural inhabitants.

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