What is recorded here

Indicated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownspurraun, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits in rough pasture where two fields intersect, with gently rising ground to the west and southwest. It appears on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map as an embanked circular area about thirty metres across, though partial levelling has reduced it to a D-shaped remains. A curving slight rise and low scarp define part of the boundary, while field lines form the straight sides and cross the interior.

In rough pasture, at the intersection of two fields with gently rising ground to W and SW. This possible rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m). It is partially levelled. The remains consist of a D-shaped area (c. 30m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) defined SW-N by a curving slight rise and N-ENE by a low scarp. A NE-SW field boundary forms the straight SE side. Another field boundary (on an E-W axis) crosses the N half of the interior. 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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