What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Barnarobin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Barnarobin, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies level ground in gently undulating pasture and contains a slightly raised circular area measuring 49 metres north-south and 48 metres east-west. A low broad earth bank, eight metres wide and 0.15 metres high internally, encloses the space, though the bank is absent from the west-northwest and north-east-east sections. A farm track runs along the western edge, a low board scarp defines the eastern circuit, and a drystone field wall follows the line of the removed eastern bank.
Situated on level ground in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (dims. 49m N-S; 48m E-Wm) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 8m; int. H 0.15m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From W-NW the bank is absent and a NNE-WSW orientated farm track lies along the edge of the site. The bank is absent NE-E and the circuit is defined by a low board scarp. A drystone field wall lies along the line of the removed bank E-SE. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank and a ramp to the exterior at WSW may mark the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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