What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyara OR Falduff is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyara OR Falduff, County Sligo, Ireland. The rath appeared on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map as an embanked circular area in pasture on a north-facing slope. Today a raised semicircular area forty metres across remains, bounded by a one-metre scarp and a four-metre band of dark grass that may mark an external fosse.

In pasture, on a N-facing slope. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area. The present remains consist of a raised semicircular area (diam. 40m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1m) S-N. A band of dark grass (Wth 4m) may indicate the line of an external fosse. 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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