What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bearlough is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bearlough, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the top of an east-facing drumlin slope and contains a raised circular area measuring thirty to thirty-one metres across. A five-metre-wide earthen bank encloses the concave interior, which slopes downward toward the eastern entrance.

Near the top of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 30m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2m). An external fosse is evident only as a slight depression. The external face of the bank along the N arc is steep sided. There is an entrance (Wth 2.6m) at E. The interior is concave and slopes down to E. 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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