What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownadargny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownadargny, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a steep west-facing ridge slope and preserves an oval interior twenty point six by seventeen point seven metres across. An eroded, gapped bank of earth and stone stands four and a half metres wide, rises one metre one externally, and leaves a southern entrance two point seven metres wide. The uneven interior and broken bank remain visible on the ridge.

On the steep W-facing slope of a ridge. An oval area (int. diam. 20.6m x 17.7m) defined by an eroded and gapped sod-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m). There is an entrance (Wth 2.7m) at S. The interior is uneven. 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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