What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Finned (carbury By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Finned (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies low-lying wet pasture ten metres south of the Carney River, with another rath visible four hundred metres to the northwest. A broad flat-topped earthen bank encloses a twenty-one metre circular area, though modern field drains have replaced parts of the original silted fosse. Dense gorse preserves the western bank while the eastern section remains denuded.

Situated in low-lying level wet pasture 10m to the S of the E-W flowing Carney River. Another rath (SL008-061----) is visible c.400m to the NW. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a broad flat-topped bank of earth (Wth 6.4m; int. H 1m). At the external base of the bank is a silted up fosse (Wth 2.5m). The bank encloses the site SW-SSE and is best preserved W-NE where it is overgrown with dense gorse. From NE-SSE and SW-W the bank is very denuded and is absent SSE-SW where the circuit is defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.2m). The fosse encloses the site SE-NW only and is visible as a band (Wth 2.5m) of wetter ground around the site. A modern N-S orientated field drain lies along the line of the absent fosse ENE-SE and an E-W orientated modern field drain, now relic and largely silted up, lies along the outer edge of the fosse SSE-SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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