What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carraun (leyny By., Tobercurry Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area sits in pasture on the lower west-facing slope of a ridge. A flat-topped earthen bank and external fosse define much of the perimeter, while a field boundary completes the north-east arc. The townland boundary truncates the north-east section on the 1838 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps.

In pasture, on the lower W-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (32m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a field boundary NE-SE, by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) SE-SW and by a scarp (H 0.7m) SW-NE. A flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m) is evident SE-NW. The rath is truncated by the townland boundary along the NE arc on the 1838 and 1914 OS 6-inch maps. 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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