What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Battlefield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Battlefield, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a drumlin and preserves a roughly circular raised area about eighteen and a half to nineteen metres across. An earthen bank and southern scarp enclose the space, although quarrying has damaged the eastern bank.

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 18.5m N-S; 19m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) along the W and N arcs and by a scarp (H 1.2m) along the S arc. The bank is quarried at E. The interior slopes down to S. 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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