What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellanascarva is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellanascarva, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular site spans twenty metres on a slight west-facing pasture slope. Low earthen bank remains mark the southeast and northeast edges, while a north-south lane abuts the eastern perimeter. Another rath stands one hundred and fifty metres to the east.

In pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. A roughly circular slightly raised area (diam. 20m) defined by the low remains of an earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.15m) SE-NE. No remains of the enclosing bank elsewhere as a N-S lane abuts the E perimeter. The interior is gently undulating, dry and clear of overgrowth. The N edge of the interior is crossed by an E-W field boundary. Another rath (SL034-022----) is c. 150m 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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