What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownateewaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownateewaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture on the north-facing slope of a rise. The oval earthwork measures twenty-seven metres northeast-southwest and thirteen and a half metres northwest-southeast. A scarp reaching one point four metres high defines the west arc, while a shallow external fosse runs alongside it.

In undulating pasture, on the N-facing slope of a rise. A raised oval area (27m NE-SW; 13.5m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (max. H 1.4m) with an external fosse (D 0.3m) along the W arc. The rath is dug into or heavily eroded and disturbed along the E arc. 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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