What is recorded here
The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Farranyharpy is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a low hillock in rough pasture and consists of a raised circular area twenty-one metres across. A three-metre-wide and eighty-centimetre-high bank of earth and stone encloses the space, with internal and external stone kerbing. A two-metre break at the southeast marks the original entrance, whose southern terminal is faced with stone.
Situated on a low hillock in rough pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a bank (Wth. 3m; H 0.8m) of earth and stone, with evidence of internal and external stone kerbing. A break (Wth. 2m) in the bank at SE, whose S terminal is faced with stone, represents the original entrance. There is a another rath (SL012-093001-) c. 140m to E, and an enclosure (SL012-095003-) c. 65m to NE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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