What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowflatley OR Carrownaglogh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowflatley OR Carrownaglogh, County Sligo, Ireland. The ringfort occupies a low rise in gently undulating pasture and measures 24m north-south by 20m east-west. Small-scale quarrying removed much of the site, including a hole dug through the north-northeast scarp into the interior. The remaining two-metre-high scarp has been levelled from the east to west-southwest, while the interior ground slopes gently from west to east.
Situated on a low rise in gently undulating pasture. Much of the site has been removed as a consequence of small scale quarrying. Raised, roughly circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a scarped (H 2m). The scarp has been levelled E-WSW. From N-NE a quarry hole has been dug through the scarp and into the interior. The ground level of the interior undulates irregularly and falls gently from W to E. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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