What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellanascarrow East is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellanascarrow East, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in pasture on top of a drumlin, preserving a raised roughly circular area thirty-two metres across. A scarp about one and a half metres high defines the boundary, remaining best preserved along the western arc.
In pasture, on top of a drumlin. The remains of a raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 32m) defined by a scarp (H c. 1.5m) which is best preserved along the W arc.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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