What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballygreighan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a level pasture area beneath a broad east-west ridge and contains a possible underground passage. The slightly raised circular enclosure measures twenty-two metres across and retains a four-metre-wide earthen bank with an external fosse. A six-metre break at the west-northwest may mark the original entrance.

In pasture, situated on a level area beneath the top of a broad E-W ridge. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) with an external fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 1.1m), U-shaped in profile. At the outer lip of the fosse at S are ephemeral traces of a possible outer bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2m). A break (Wth. 6m) in the bank and fosse at WNW may mark the original entrance. Centrally located within the interior is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL018-039002-). The remainder of the internal ground level of the rath is uneven. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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