What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carricknagrip is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carricknagrip, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular earthwork sits in rough pasture on a gentle west-facing slope. Its earthen bank encloses a twenty-point-nine-metre area, while an external fosse runs along the east arc. A stone-lined entrance at the southeast crosses the fosse with a causeway.

In rough pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 20.9m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m). An external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.3m) is evident along the E arc. There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.8m) at SE with a causeway across the fosse. The E portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The ground rises to an irregularly shaped low mound in the centre of the interior. 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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