
What is recorded here
Indciated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits in rocky pasture overlooking a western valley, but the embanked circle is no longer visible at ground level. A drystone sheep pen stands nearby to the northwest, while another possible rath lies twenty metres to the east.
In rocky undulating pasture, overlooking a valley to W and overlooked by higher ground immediately to E. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m). A drystone-built subrectangular sheep-pen is immediately to NW. Another possible rath (SL028-007----) is c. 20m to E.
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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