
What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (tireragh By., Dromore Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a level terrace on the south-facing slope of a northwest-southeast ridge. A raised circular area about twenty-five metres across sits inside an earthen bank two point six metres wide, with internal and external heights of zero point six and one point two metres. Faint traces of an external ditch remain visible beside the dense scrub covering the fort.
Situated on a level terrace on the S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Raised circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) with ephemeral traces of an external fosse. Densely overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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