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. The raised oval area measures twenty-six metres north-south and sixteen metres east-west within poorly drained pasture on a west-facing slope. A slight earthen bank traces the south arc while a scarp marks the north arc, leaving a possible two-metre entrance at the east. A larger semicircular hollow on the west side may preserve remains of a limekiln hole noted during a 1988 inspection.

In poorly drained pasture, on the W-facing slope of a low rise. A raised oval area (26m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by a slight trace of an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) along the S arc and by a scarp (H 0.6m) along the N arc. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) at E. There is a depression (Wth 4m) in the interior and a second larger semicircular hollow (7m x 6m) on the W side may be the remains of 'a large limekiln hole at W edge' noted during a previous site inspection in 1988 (SMR (1989) file). 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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