What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (knox), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on a west-northwest ridge slope and presents a roughly circular raised area measuring twenty-eight metres north-south and twenty-five metres east-west. A flat-topped earthen bank forms the north-west to south edge, while a steeper scarp defines the remaining perimeter. A possible two-metre entrance appears at the east with traces of drystone work, and a dry fosse runs along the north-west to north-east and east-south-east to south sectors.

In pasture, on the WNW-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised roughly circular area (28m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.9m) NW-S and by a scarp (H 0.9m) elsewhere. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at E, with traces of a drystone revetment. There are numerous small gaps in the bank. A dry fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m) is evident NW-NE and ESE-S. A field boundary lies immediately outside the scarp at SW. 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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