What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bullaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bullaun, County Sligo, Ireland. The possible rath sits in rough hilly pasture on the NE-facing slope of a ridge. It is not visible at ground level but appears in an aerial photograph as an oval area about twenty metres across, defined by a levelled bank and an external fosse.
In rough hilly pasture, on the NE-facing slope of a ridge. This possible rath is not visible at ground level but is visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, G 271-2) as an oval area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a levelled bank with an external fosse.
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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