Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bearvaish

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised roughly D-shaped area (int. dims. 23m N-S; 26.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.65m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.45m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth at top 3.55m; D 0.3m). The bank is straightened on W side where it is incorporated into a field boundary system. The interior is slightly concave and slopes gently down to E. There is an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at E close to which is an oval wet area (8.5m by 11.5m). The bank is heavily overgrown with bushes. 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