What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyhealy OR Hollybrook Demesne is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhealy OR Hollybrook Demesne, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies gently sloping pasture above Lough Arrow, preserving a circular earthen bank, western fosse, and a hollow cut into the southeast interior. The southern half has become overgrown with bushes, leaving the earthwork partially obscured but still distinguishable in the landscape.

In pasture, on a gently sloping E-facing slope overlooking Lough Arrow. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 23.1m x 23.4m) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.75m). An external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.6m) is evident along the W arc. There is a hollow dug out of the SE quadrant of the interior. The S half of the interior is overgrown with bushes. 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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