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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (corran By., Toomour Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (corran By., Toomour Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (corran By., Toomour Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an oval area measuring twenty-three by eighteen and a half metres on the east-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Templevanny Lough. A stony bank two metres wide and one point four metres high encloses the site, while a shallow external fosse one point five metres wide cuts across the ground. A two-metre entrance opens at the north, and the interior slopes gently downward toward the east.
In undulating pasture, on the E-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Templevanny Lough to E. An oval area (int. diam. 23m x 18.5m) enclosed by a stony bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.4m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.2m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at N. The interior slopes gently down to E. 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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