What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures 28.8 metres north-south and sits on a north-facing ridge slope overlooking a stream that joins the River Moy. An earthen bank defines the west, southeast and south arcs, while a lane cuts through the northeast section. The 1838 Ordnance Survey map shows the complete embanked circle, but the 1914 map records the western arc as levelled.

On the N-facing slope of a ridge, overlooking a stream which joins the River Moy a short distance to W. The rath is partially levelled. Circular area (28.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.7m) along the NW, SE and S arcs, with a scarp along the N arc. The rath is truncated along the NE arc by a NW-SE lane. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area. On the 1914 OS 6-inch map the W arc is indicated as levelled. 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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