What is recorded here

Indicated (1838). is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreilly, County Sligo, Ireland. The roughly circular earthwork sits in pasture on the lower south-facing slope of a ridge, rising between 0.2 and 1 metre above the surrounding ground. A hedgerow crosses its interior on an east-west axis, slightly north of centre. The 1838 Ordnance Survey map shows the rath as an embanked circle about 25 metres across.

In pasture, on level ground on the lower S-facing slope of a ridge. A roughly circular area (27m N-S; 23.5m E-W) raised between 0.2m (at N) and 1m (at S) above the surrounding ground level. A hedgerow crosses the interior on an E-W axis, off-centre to N. The rath is indicated as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 25m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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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