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Situated c. 20m SE of a stream on a slight W-facing slope at the NW end of a NW-SE ridge in pasture with very good views from SW-N-S. A very overgrown and largely inaccessible suboval enclosure (int. dims. c. 25m NW-SE; c. 17m SW-NE; c. 40m overall NW-SE) represented by hachures on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1913-18) and by just a few hachures on the OS 6-inch map (1916). The monument is mostly covered in hazel scrub and gorse but appears to comprise a central platform or mound (H at NW where exposed 2.85m), partially utilising existing outcropping rock, with a wide, deep, flat external fosse from N to S (Wth 2.1m), shallow SW to N (Wth 1.83m). An external bank extends SW-SE and is most substantial along the E side (at NE Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.55m; at SW Wth 1.52m; int. H 0.33m; ext. H 0.65m). There is no discernible entrance although some field clearance up against the NE portion may conceal an entrance. A drystone wall abuts the site at S and seals off access into the deep fosse. This previously extended to meet the field wall at W but has been removed. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2015

Carrowcraheen is a likely early-medieval ringfort, indicated by its suboval shape and internal dimensions, typical of such defensive or agricultural settlements. Local folklore, common to many fairy forts in Ireland, may associate it with supernatural beings or ancient druidic activity, though specific traditions are not recorded.