What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballygilgan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballygilgan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies level wet mixed forestry as a raised circular area thirty metres across, enclosed by a broad earth and stone bank three metres wide and forty centimetres high internally. No fosse appears at ground level, the original entrance remains unrecognisable, and dense briars now cover the site.
Situated in level wet mixed forestry. Raised circular area (diam. c.30m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth c.3m; int. H c.0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is densely overgrown with briars.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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- What survives
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