What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreilly, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on the lower south-facing slope of a ridge, where a raised oval area measures thirty-five metres north-south and twenty-eight and a half metres east-west. A flat-topped earthen bank encloses the site, while an external dry flat-bottomed fosse remains evident from west-northwest to north-northeast. Numerous gaps break the bank, and the north-west third separates from the remainder through a scarp and additional internal earthen divisions.

In pasture, on the lower S-facing slope of a ridge. A raised oval area (35m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 3m). An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 8.5m; D 1.1m) is evident WNW-NNE. There are numerous gaps in the bank. The NW third of the interior is separated from the remainder by a scarp (H 0.5m) and by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m) and is internally divided by earthen banks. 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

Carrowreilly is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by a raised oval platform surrounded by a substantial earthen bank and an external fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, often regarded as dwellings of the "Good People" or places of supernatural activity in Irish folklore.

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