What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Breeoge is a fairy fort or ringfort in Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland. It comprises an oval raised area enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The site is heavily overgrown and bisected by a field boundary. It appeared as an antiquity on the first edition OS 6-inch map and as a hachured circular enclosure of ringfort size on the 1913 edition.
Classified as 'Enclosure' in SMR (1989) manual and 1995 RMP (1995). Reclassified on the basis that it is depicted as an antiquity on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map and as a hachured circular enclosure of ringfort size on the latest (1913) edition. Comprises an oval raised area enclosed by and earth and stone bank. It is heavily overgrown and bisected by a field boundary.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 21 October 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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