What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynaraw North is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynaraw North, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on the steep northwest-facing slope of a drumlin but remains invisible at ground level. The 1838 and 1941-2 Ordnance Survey maps identified it as an embanked circular area roughly twenty metres across.

In pasture, on the steep NW-facing slope of a drumlin. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and on the 1941-2 OS 6-inch map. 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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