What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Stonehall OR Carrownageeragh is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Stonehall OR Carrownageeragh, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a small promontory on a north-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. A circular area about 35 metres across sits inside a stone wall 3 metres thick, 1 metre high internally and 2.5 metres high externally. Field boundary remains reach the cashel edge at the north and south, while dense overgrowth fills the centre.

On a small promontory, on a N-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. c. 35m), densely covered with overgrowth, enclosed by a stone wall (T 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.5m) topped by a field boundary wall. Remains of a field boundary extend up the natural rise to the edge of the cashel at N and S. Access to the interior was not gained due to the overgrowth. 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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