What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Belclare is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Belclare, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a circular area approximately forty metres across, terraced into the steep north-facing slope of a ridge. A scarp topped by a partial drystone wall defines the interior, which slopes downward and remains bisected by an east-west field boundary.

In pasture, on the steep N-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (diam. c. 40m) terraced into the ridge with the S arc c. 1.5m below, and the N arc 0.3-2m above, the external ground level. There are no visible surface remains of the SE arc. The interior is defined by a scarp topped by a drystone wall (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m) in parts along the N arc. The interior slopes down to N and is bisected by an E-W field boundary. Other field boundaries extend S and N from the E-W field boundary. 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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