What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowclooneen, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a hay field on a ridge and measures about twenty-eight metres across. An earthen bank defines the southeast and southwest edges, while a dense grass interior and rough tractor track mark the southern half. The 1914 OS 6-inch map shows the site as a bivallate circular area.

In a hay field, on top of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 28m) defined by an arc of an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) SE-SSW where it is protected by an adjacent field boundary. The interior is covered by a dense growth of grass and the S half is crossed by a rough tractor track on an E-W axis. The rath is hachured on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a bivallate circular area with the outer bank only indicated N-ESE where it is incorporated into a field boundary. 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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