What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ardabrone is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ardabrone, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight south-facing slope in gently undulating pasture, forming a raised circular area twenty-six metres across. A denuded bank of rubble limestone and larger boulders encloses the site, though no walling or original entrance remains visible. A man-made underground passage runs beneath the bank at the northwest.
Situated on slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The bank is made of rubble limestone with frequent larger boulders throughout. No extant portions of walling are visible and the bank is denuded and spread out in all areas. A Man-made underground passage (SL013-055002-) runs under the bank at NW.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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- What survives
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