Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreilly

In pasture, on top of the SW-facing slope of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (24.5m N-S; 25.6m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1m on N side; 2.4m on S side) except along the W and SE arcs where the rath is destroyed by quarrying. The foundations of a drystone wall (Wth c. 0.6m; H 0.2m) mark the NW edge of the interior. An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.7m; D 0.4m) is evident along the N and NW arcs. There is a terrace (Wth 3m; H 0.4m) at the base of the scarp along the S and SW arcs. The N half of the interior is level but from the centre there is gentle slope down to SSE. A quarry in the SE sector has removed most of the SE quadrant of the interior. There is a hut site (SL032-107002-) in the interior, situated off-centre to W. 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