What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrigans Upper is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigans Upper, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing pasture slope within a field system, enclosing a circular area thirty-five and a half metres wide with a three-metre earthen bank. A possible two-metre entrance appears on the south arc where a field boundary extends from the structure, while an external fosse remains best preserved along the north and west arcs. A separate hut site lies one hundred metres to the east.

In pasture, on a S-facing slope and within a field system (SL033-070----). A circular area (int. diam 35.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) which is best preserved along the S arc. An external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.4m) is best preserved along the N and W arcs. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) in the S arc where a field boundary (on an ENE-WSW axis) extends from the rath. The interior slopes gently down to S. There is a hut site (SL033-196----) c. 100m to E. 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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