What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnanilra is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnanilra, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies average pasture on a low north-south ridge, preserving a slightly raised subcircular area twenty-five to thirty metres wide. Fragmentary bank and external fosse traces remain at the southwest edge, while ploughing elsewhere has levelled the boundary. A roughly shaped quern stone measuring fifty-six centimetres across and ten centimetres thick appeared during cultivation within the internal area.

In average pasture, situated on a low N-S ridge. Remains comprise a slightly raised subcircular area (diam. 25-30m) enclosed at SW by fragmentary traces of a bank with an external fosse. Elsewhere bank and fosse have been levelled. A roughly-shaped quern stone (max. dim. 0.56m; T 0.1m) was uncovered during ploughing within the internal area. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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