Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyfahy, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfahy
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04184, -8.58179
- SMR number
- SL039-041----
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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 pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. A slightly raised circular area (4m N-S; 3.95m E-W) enclosed by a shallow waterlogged fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.35m) and an external earth and stone bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.8m).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.