What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrowmore (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrowmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rocky pasture on a west-facing slope and consists of an oval area thirty-one point two by thirty-three point nine metres across. A ruinous sod-covered wall, one point six five metres wide, encloses the uneven interior with limestone slabs and rubble. A two-metre gap remains in the poorly preserved west arc, while a field boundary crosses the southern half.

In rocky pasture, on a W-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 31.2m x 33.9m) enclosed by a ruinous sod-covered wall (Wth 1.65m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.3m) with an outer facing of limestone slabs and rubble infill. There is a gap (Wth 2m) in the poorly preserved W arc. The interior is uneven and sloping with some rock outcrops. A field boundary crosses the S half of the interior. A hut site (SL035-003----) lies c. 40m to SSE. 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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