What is recorded here

Carrigeenagower is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Rannatruffaun East, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval hillock in Buggagh Bog and holds a circular area about 30 meters across. A ruinous stone wall, 4.3 meters wide, still encloses the densely overgrown interior. The northern half has been quarried into, and the site appeared in an 1836 survey as Carraigín a Bhabhair.

On an oval hillock in Buggagh Bog. A circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.05m). The interior is densely covered with overgrowth and part of the N half has been quarried into. Recorded in 1836 as 'Carraigín a Bhabhair' (OSL, 248). 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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