What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyhealy OR Hollybrook Demesne is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhealy OR Hollybrook Demesne, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in forestry near the top of a southeast-facing slope, overlooking Lough Arrow to the east. A level circular area measures nineteen by twenty metres inside an earthen bank two metres wide and one point seven five metres high externally. An external fosse two point one metres wide and zero point seven metres deep surrounds the structure, which is now planted with trees.

In forestry, near the top of a SE-facing slope and overlooking Lough Arrow to the E. A raised circular area (int. diam. 19m x 20m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.75m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.1m; D 0.7m). The interior is level. The rath is planted with trees. 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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