What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyara (knox) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyara (knox), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval area on the east-facing slope of a rise in pasture. Two earthen banks surround the interior with fosses between and outside them. A rectangular platform in the centre may mark the foundations of a house.

In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a rise. An oval area (27m N-S; 22.7m E-W) enclosed by the remains of two earthen banks with intervening and external fosses. The inner bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.7m) is flat topped. The intervening fosse (Wth 2.7m) is flat bottomed. The outer bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.75m) is evident NW-NE. A field boundary curves along line of the outer bank from NE-NW. The outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m) is evident NW-NE. A rectangular platform (8.5m N-S; 8.8m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) in the centre of the interior may be the foundations of a house. 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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