What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballynamona is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballynamona, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies the northwest end of a ridge in pasture and contains a raised circular area twenty-eight metres across. An earth and stone bank, outer ditch and second bank surround the centre, although erosion has removed much of the outer structure. A three-metre break with a slight causeway at the east edge marks the original entrance.

Situated near NW end of level summit of a NW-SE orientated ridge in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.65m; int. H 0.5m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.5m) and an external bank (Wth 2.95m; int. H 0.7m). From ESE-SW the internal bank and the fosse are almost entirely absent. The external bank is mostly eroded away and encloses the site NE-ENE and in small portions at SW, NW and N. A break (Wth 3.2m) in the bank with a slight causeway across the fosse at E marks the position of the original entrance. An E-W orientated field boundary bank lies along the line of the external bank at S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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