What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownacreevy (tireragh By., Dromard East Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownacreevy (tireragh By., Dromard East Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a low rise in gently undulating pasture and contains a raised circular area 21 metres across. A scarp 1.15 to 1.9 metres high defines the boundary, while four large stones form a kerb at the northwest and low stones edge the platform from the south to the southwest.
Situated on a low rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 21m) defined by a scarp (H 1.15m - 1.9m). At NW 4 large stones form a kerb. From S-SSW-SW the platform is edged by a series of low stones (Wth. 0.4m - 0.8m). The scarp has been incorporated into a NW-SE field boundary from NNW-N-ENE. A NNE-SSW roadway skirts the site from SW-W-NNW and a NNE-SSW field boundary abutts the site from ENE-E-ESE. Original entrance not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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