What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Falnashammer is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Falnashammer, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the top of a ridge and forms a raised oval area measuring thirty-six metres north-south and twenty-seven metres east-west. An earthen bank four metres wide encloses the space, while external stone kerbing appears along the northwest arc and visible stone kerbing marks the outer edge of the bank top on the south arc. Faint traces of an external fosse four metres wide surround the structure, and a four-metre-wide entrance opens at the southeast.

On top of a ridge. A raised oval area (36m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.7m) with external stone kerbing exposed along the NW arc; stone kerbing (1m x 0.6m x 0.35m) is also visible on the outer edge of the bank top on the S arc. Faint traces of an external fosse (Wth 4m) are evident. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at SE. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL021-059002-) in the SE quadrant. A field boundary curves around the fosse along the N 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Falnashammer is an early-medieval defensive or agricultural enclosure, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk or ancient druidic activity, reflecting their mystical reputation in Irish and Scottish folklore.

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