What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowmaclenany is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowmaclenany, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing pasture slope above a stream. The circular earthwork measures twenty to twenty-three metres across and includes an inner bank, shallow ditch, and outer bank along the south and west. A two-metre entrance with a causeway opens at the northeast, where stone facing remains on the inner edge.

In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope and on the N side of a stream. A raised circular area (int. diam. 22.6m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank, except along the N and S arcs where it is defined by a scarp (H 2.5m). An intervening fosse (D 0.3m) is evident all round and an outer bank (Wth 2.8m; ext. H 1.2m) is evident along the S and W arcs. The inner bank is best preserved at NE with the remains of stone facing on the internal face. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at NE with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is level. 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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