What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowcashel (tirerrill By., Ballynashee Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowcashel (tirerrill By., Ballynashee Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies poor pasture on a slight southwest-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area measures twenty metres north-south and twenty-one metres east-west. An earth and stone bank defines the southeast to east edge, while a scarp marks the remaining boundary.

In poor pasture, on a slight SW-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area (20m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) SSE-E and elsewhere by a scarp. A steep W-facing slope breaks under the external base of the bank element SW-NE. The SW portion of the undulating interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The N half is poached by cattle. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL035-022002-) in the NE quadrant. 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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