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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyara (knox)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on top of the NE-facing slope of a low rise. An oval area (27.3m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.75m) SE-NE; the bank is levelled NE-SE. The bank is topped in places by the remains of a modern drystone wall. The N portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope and is cut into the upslope at S. Two linear earthen banks, which extend to E from the edge of the levelled bank, may be the remains of a triangular annexe (13m E-W; 15m N-S). The remains of a second annexe (30m E-W; 10m N-S) to the N are defined by low, slightly curving relict earthen field boundaries at E and W, by the N bank of the rath to S and by a linear modern field boundary to N. Two other raths (SL037-015---- and SL037-016----) are c. 100m to NW and c. 100m to SW, respectively. 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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