What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrickoneilleen is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrickoneilleen, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval site measures twenty metres east-west and eighteen metres north-south within a natural ash wood. A drystone wall of random limestone rubble encloses the area, though the exterior collapsed from the northwest to northeast and only footings remain from the northeast to south. The interior was levelled and raised on the south side to compensate for the underlying slope.

Situated on a moderate S-facing slope of hillock in natural ash wood. Oval area (dims. 20m E-W; 18m N-S) enclosed by a drystone wall of random limestone rubble (Wth 0.6-1; int. H 1.3-1.5m; ext. H 0.3-1.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From S-NW the wall is extant with the inner and outer sides intact. From NW-NE the inner face of the wall is intact while the exterior side has collapsed. From NE-S only the footings of the wall remain. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior of the site has been levelled up and raised on the S side to compensate for the underlying natural slope while the N side is lower than external ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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