What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickglass is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickglass, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular rath measures 22 metres north-south and contains two concentric earthen banks separated by a boggy fosse. The inner bank is overgrown and eroded while the outer bank appears as a pile of loose stones. Overgrowth now covers the remains near the base of the west-facing ridge slope.

Near the base of the W-facing slope of a ridge. The rath is indicated only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an arc S-N. The remains of a circular rath (diam. 22m N-S) consisting of arcs of two concentric earthen banks S-N with an intervening fosse evident. The inner bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) is overgrown and eroded. The fosse (Wth 4m) is boggy and the outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) is evident as pile of loose stones. The remains of the rath is now covered with overgrowth. 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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