What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Breeoge is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland. The bivallate structure sits on a rise above Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea, enclosing a 27-meter circular area with two earth banks and an outer ditch. Wood-Martin recorded no burial or midden inside the remains.
Located on a rise in flat to undulating ground with views over Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea.
This is a bivallate ringfort. Comprises a circular raised area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by an internal (Wth 5m, H 0.90m) and external bank (Wth 4.50m, H 0.90m) and a ditch (Wth 2m) on the external side of the external bank. There is no indication of a burial or midden (Wood-Martin 1887-8, 258).
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 13 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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