What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickrathmullin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickrathmullin, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised subcircular area sits in pasture on a ridge south of a farmyard, with a road skirting its southwest edge and trees growing along the perimeter. It appeared as an embanked circular area on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map, preserving a shape that has marked the local landscape for centuries.

In pasture, on top of a ridge and to S of a farmyard. A raised subcircular area (31.5m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.7m). The rath is skirted by a road to SW. A rise in the W portion of the rath may be the remains of a bank or dumped material from road construction. The interior is level. Trees grow along the perimeter. The rath is indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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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