Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Indicated — Carrownaleck is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Sligo. In pasture, on a low terrace above a flood plain and c. 120m W of the River Moy. The NE quadrant is evident as an arc, NNE-E, formed by a scarp (H c. 0.6m).
Who made it and when
The saved account records: There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL032-002002-) in the interior.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: A garden wall bisects the area on N-S axis, with the W half now within the garden of a bungalow.
What was found
The saved account records: In pasture, on a low terrace above a flood plain and c. 120m W of the River Moy.
What remains
The saved account records: The NE quadrant is evident as an arc, NNE-E, formed by a scarp (H c. 0.6m).
Why it mattered
Indicated — Carrownaleck matters because the source ties fairy fort / earthen ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The rath is indicated as an embanked roughly circular area (diam.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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