What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynakill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynakill, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures 24 metres across and sits on the southwest-facing slope of a ridge within rough grazing. A 3.5-metre-wide bank forms the east and southeast edge, while a 1.2-metre-high scarp defines the remaining perimeter. A possible 2-metre-wide entrance appears at the east, and a dark vegetation band probably marks a silted-up external fosse.

In rough grazing, on the SW-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 24m) defined by a bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) E-SE and by a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. A band of dark vegetation (Wth c. 3m) probably indicates the line of a silted-up external fosse. There is a possible entrance (Wth c. 2m) at E. The interior slopes slightly down to S. There are field boundaries immediately to W and SW. 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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