What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownadargny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownadargny, County Sligo, Ireland. The earth and stone bank encloses a circular area twenty-three and a half to twenty-four and six meters across on a narrow west-facing shelf. A southeast entrance two and nine meters wide opens onto a slightly concave interior that slopes downward toward the west.

In rough pasture, on the narrow shelf of a W-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 23.5m x 24.6m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, best preserved at E (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.55m). There is an entrance (Wth 2.9m) at SE with the remains of stone facing on its W side. The interior is slightly concave and slopes down to W. A stone field boundary crosses the N half of the interior. There is a cashel (SL035-005001-) c. 150m to NE. 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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