What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownurlaur is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownurlaur, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area spans twenty-seven metres inside an earth and stone bank two metres wide and one point two metres high on both sides. A possible entrance appears in the northern arc within undulating pasture.
In undulating pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.2m). There is a possible entrance in the N 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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