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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyfahy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on top of a drumlin with commanding views. The rath is levelled. The bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1m), evident along S arc, once enclosed a circular area (diam. c. 36m). The edge of the rath to N and E has been quarried away. There is a natural rise in the interior. The rath is indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It is indicated as a hachured circular raised area on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, incorporated into a field boundary system SW-NW and skirted by a boundary to S. 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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