What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownloughan, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised oval site occupies rough pasture below a ridge summit and preserves a narrow eastern entrance beside eroded northern and eastern gaps. A shallow southern ditch marked by rushes surrounds the thistle-covered interior, while the earthen bank retains distinct internal and external heights.

In rough pasture, on a narrow level area below the summit of a ridge. A raised oval area (24.7m NE-SW; 29.8m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.3m) with an external fosse. There is an entrance (Wth 2.7m) at NE and numerous eroded gaps along the N and E arcs. The fosse is only evident S-W as a very shallow depression (Wth 2.8m; D 0.3m) marked by rushes. The interior slopes gently down to E and NE and is overgrown with thistles and rushes. 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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