What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellanascarva is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellanascarva, County Sligo, Ireland. The levelled remains occupy the northwest end of a ridge in pasture, forming an eighteen-metre circular area with a low rise along its northeast and northwest edges. A field boundary and drain cut through the other side, while the interior slopes downward toward the west-northwest. Another rath stands approximately one hundred and fifty metres to the west.

In pasture, on top of the NW end of a ridge. This rath is levelled. The remains consist of a circular slightly raised area (diam. 18m) defined by a low rise (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) NE-NW; elsewhere the area is truncated by a field boundary and a drain. The interior slopes down to WNW. Another rath (SL034-021----) is c. 150m to W. 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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