What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickhenry is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickhenry, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular raised area reaches two metres in height and spans twenty-seven point five metres internally. It sits atop a rise in undulating pasture without a visible bank, ditch or entrance.
Situated on the top of a rise in undulating pasture. Compries a circular raised area (int. diam. 27.50m, H 2m) with no surviving indication of a bank, ditch or entrance.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 16 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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