What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the north end of a promontory ridge within raised bog in the Bricklieve Mountains. A low ruinous stone wall, partially covered by sods, encloses an oval area measuring 17.4 by 14.4 metres. The interior remains buried under peat, while a field boundary crosses the wall at the south.
In raised bog, on the N end of a promontory ridge, in the Bricklieve Mountains. An oval area (int. diam. 17.4m x 14.4m) enclosed by a low ruinous partially sod-covered stone wall (T 1.8m; H 0.5m). At S the wall is crossed by a field boundary. The interior is covered by peat.
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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- What survives
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