What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyara OR Falduff, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough pasture on level wet ground about 100m south of a stream. A flat-topped earthen bank and gentle scarp define the oval area, while an external fosse appears as a band of wet ground. A possible entrance marks the east side, and a wedge-shaped field abuts the western arc.

In rough pasture, on level wet ground c. 100m S of a stream. A raised oval area (28m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) NW-SW and by a gentle scarp (H 0.3m) SW-NW. An external fosse is evident as a band of wet ground (Wth 4m) NW-SW. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.8m) at E. A wedge-shaped field (25m N-S; 19m E-W) (SL037-036002-) abuts the scarp along the W arc. 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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