What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowloughlin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowloughlin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a low broad drumlin and consists of a raised circular area enclosed by three earthen banks with two intervening fosses. The inner bank measures 2.9m wide, the middle bank rises slightly higher, and the outer bank remains low. Bushes cover all three banks, which also contain numerous gaps, while cattle have poached the interior that slopes downward toward the east.

In pasture, on a low broad drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 25m N-S; 26.6m E-W) enclosed by three earthen banks with intervening fosses. The inner bank is low (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m), the middle bank is slightly higher (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m) while the outer bank is also low (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.6m). All three banks are covered with bushes and have numerous gaps. The two intervening fosses are 2.7m (innermost fosse) and 3m (outer fosse) wide respectively. The interior, which slopes down to E, is poached by cattle. 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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