What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowmaclenany is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowmaclenany, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the south end of a drumlin in pasture, facing another rath across a narrow valley. A twenty-five-metre circular area sits inside an earthen bank, fosse and outer bank that follow the south, west and north arcs. The concave interior slopes downward toward the east.

In pasture, on the S end of a drumlin, across the narrow valley from another rath (SL039-024----). A circular area (int. diam. 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank ( Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.15m), an intervening fosse (Wth 4.5m) and an outer earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m) along the S, W and N arcs. The interior is concave and slopes down to E. 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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