What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellanagarrigeeny OR Castlebaldwin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellanagarrigeeny OR Castlebaldwin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low rise on a south-facing slope within undulating pasture. A roughly circular area measures twenty-four metres east-west and twenty-six metres north-south. An eroded earthen bank encloses the site, reaching one point two metres in external height and containing a level interior where some stones protrude.
In undulating pasture, on a low rise on top of a S-facing slope. A roughly circular area (24m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) NE-SW and WSW-NNE; the bank is levelled elsewhere. Some stones were noted protruding from the bank in places. The interior is level.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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