What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Carrownree (tireragh By.) is a fairy fort or ringfort in Carrownree (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a slight east-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A raised circular area thirty-two metres across contains two house sites and shows a southeast entrance break. Earth and stone banks surround the interior, while large limestone blocks revet the outer face where the bank survives.

Situated on slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.2m; int. H 1m). From NE-NNE and at ESE the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 1.6m). Where the bank survives, it is revetted on the outer face with large limestone blocks. The fosse has been infilled on all sides but is visible as a band (Wth 10m) of darker grass. A break in the bank at SE (Wth 3.2m) marks the position of the original entrance. The interior of the site slopes gently facing-E. Extending into the interior from the inner face of the bank are two house sites, one at NW (SL013-059003-) and one at SE (SL013-059003-). There is no evidence now visible for the possible Man-made underground passage (SL013-059003-) identified by a previous fieldworker in 1991 (SMR (1989) file). Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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