What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickglass is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickglass, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a NW-facing pasture slope and consists of a circular area enclosed by a denuded earth and stone bank. The interior measures about twenty by nineteen metres, slopes downward to the northwest, and sits beside another rath to the southeast and near a portal tomb to the northwest.

In pasture, on a NW-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 20m x 19m) enclosed by a denuded earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m). The interior slopes down to NW. Another rath (SL034-154----) lies adjacent to SE. There is a portal tomb (SL034-152----) c. 80m to NW. 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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