What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular earth and stone bank stands on a low broad drumlin in pasture, enclosing a twenty-nine metre area that slopes gently northward. An external fosse surrounds most of the structure, while a possible outer bank along the south arc has become part of a field boundary. Trees now grow inside the partially overgrown interior.

In pasture, on top of a low broad drumlin. A circular area (int. diam. 29.1m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m), except along the N arc. A possible outer bank, evident along the S arc, is incorporated into a field boundary. The interior slopes gently down to N and is partially overgrown with trees. 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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