What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballygilgan is a fairy fort or ringfort in Ballygilgan, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies level wet pasture surrounded by mature coniferous forestry. A roughly circular area about twenty metres across appeared on the 1836-7 Ordnance Survey map. The monument has since been levelled, leaving no visible remains at ground level.
Situated in level wet pasture surrounded by mature coniferous forestry. Depicted as a roughly circular hachured area (diam. c. 20m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6'' map. The monument has been levelled and there are no remains visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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