What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Banada is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Banada, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise where a circular area measures about thirty metres north-south and thirty-seven metres east-west. A scarp one point two metres high defines the eastern arc, though the rest is barely visible. A house, outbuildings and garden were built on the area around 1940.

On a low rise. The outline of circular area (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) along the E arc but barely discernible elsewhere. A house with outbuildings and a garden were built c. 1940 on the area. This possible rath is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a raised semicircular area, defined by a scarp NNW-SW, located at the junction of two roads and in the corner of a wooded area on the W side of Banada Abbey (SL037-068001-) demesne. 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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