What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrigans Lower is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigans Lower, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture near the top of a south-facing ridge slope. A circular area twenty-two point five metres across sits inside an earth and stone bank two and a half metres wide. Trees grow along the bank, while a one-metre northern entrance uses a large limestone block to mark its west side.

In undulating pasture, near the top of a S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 22.5m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.8m). Trees grow along the bank. There is an entrance (Wth 1m) at N with a large block of limestone marking its W side. The interior slopes down to S. 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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