What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Stonehall OR Carrownageeragh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Stonehall OR Carrownageeragh, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures 29 metres across and sits on a ridge near the Ox Mountains. An earthen bank 1.7 metres wide encloses the space, standing 0.2 metres high inside and 1 metre high outside. A ditch 3.2 metres wide runs beyond the bank, now densely covered with overgrowth while the interior remains clear.

In pasture, on top of a ridge close to the Ox Mountains. A circular area (int. diam. 29m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth 3.2m). The interior is clear of overgrowth but the fosse is densely covered with overgrowth. The townland boundary skirts the rath NNW-SE. 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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