What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (leyny By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a circular area twenty-five metres across on the lower southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. The interior slopes gently southward within a bank and scarp, while a stone wall remains visible along the eastern arc where turves do not cover the original defence.

In pasture, on the lower S slopes of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. 25m) terraced into hillside, with the N portion c. 1.4m below and S portion c. 1.5m above the external ground level. The interior slopes gently down to S and is defined by a bank along the W, N and E arcs and by a scarp (H 1.5m) along the S arc. The original composition of the bank was not visible due to turves dumped on the bank; dumping is minimal on the E arc where the original defences appear to be formed by a stone wall (Wth 2m; H 0.5m). A field boundary crosses the S portion of the interior. There is a cashel (SL036-019----) c. 80m to S. 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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