
What is recorded here
Hachured (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyara (knox), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a low rise, preserving a raised circular area thirty metres across with a shallow scarp along its eastern edge. A field boundary cuts through the centre, while two other raths stand one hundred metres to the north-northeast and northeast.
In pasture, on a low rise. The remains of a raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m) SE-NE. A NE-SW field boundary crosses the interior. Two other raths (SL037-015---- and SL037-017----) are c. 100m to NNE and to NE, respectively.
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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