What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barroe Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barroe Upper, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rocky pasture on a gentle south-west-facing slope. A raised circular area measuring 17.5 metres across sits inside an earth and stone bank 1.6 metres wide. A possible entrance appears at the north-east, while a stone field boundary cuts across the interior on a north-east to south-west axis.

In rocky pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. A raised circular area (int. diam. 17.5m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m). There is a possible entrance at NE. A stone field boundary (on a NE-SW axis) divides the interior. 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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