What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowgilpatrick is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowgilpatrick, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a north-south ridge in pasture and presents a raised oval area thirty-six metres long and twenty-four point six metres wide. A wide, low bank of earth and stone encloses the site, reaching sixty centimetres high at its strongest point. A shallow fosse runs along the foot of the bank from the northeast through the south to the south-southwest, while a field boundary overlays the western section.

Situated on top of a N-S ridge in pasture. Raised oval-shaped area (36m N-S; 24.6m E-W) enclosed by a wide, low bank of earth and and stone (Wth. 6m; H 0.45m; H 0.9m). It is best preserved at S and W but is very low internally with a broad external slope. Elsewhere the defining element is a scarp. At the foot of the bank and scarp from NE-S-SSW is a shallow fosse (Wth. 3m - 3.5m). From NW-NNW-N the outer bank is well preserved (Wth. 4m; H 0.65m). From N-S-SSW it is low and degraded. From SSW-W-NNW it is overlain by a field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. Low, sod-covered, linear rises within the interior may mark internal divisions. Access to a Man-made underground passage (SL019-109001-) is located in the inner bank at W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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