What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Templevanny is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Templevanny, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture above a scarp near Carrowkeel Mountain. A ruinous sod-covered stone wall encloses a raised oval area measuring 17.5 metres by 12 metres internally. The wall reaches 2 metres in width and stands 1.1 metres high inside and 1.55 metres high outside, with external facing visible along the western arc.

In undulating pasture, above a scarp, near the base of Carrowkeel Mountain. A raised oval area (int. diam. 17.5m x 12m) enclosed by a ruinous sod-covered stone wall (Wth 2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.55m) best evident along the E and S arcs. External wall-facing is evident along the W arc. There is a field boundary immediately to SE. A possible entrance at SSE was noted during a previous site inspection in 1978 (SMR (1989) file). Another cashel (SL040-014----) lies c. 20m to WSW. 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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