Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyara Or Falduff, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyara Or Falduff
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05154, -8.76543
- SMR number
- SL037-036001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, on level wet ground c. 100m S of a stream. A raised oval area (28m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) NW-SW and by a gentle scarp (H 0.3m) SW-NW. An external fosse is evident as a band of wet ground (Wth 4m) NW-SW. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.8m) at E. A wedge-shaped field (25m N-S; 19m E-W) (SL037-036002-) abuts the scarp 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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.