Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrick (fore By.)

Situated on a prominent hill, surrounded by hilly and gently undulating land with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. Lough Bane is c. 360m to the N and Carrick House 990m to E. Possible ringfort (WM004-033----) 145m to NNE. Only the S half of this monument survives upstanding as depicted n the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The site has been bisected by a roadway running NW-SE which intersects the ringfort at NE. There is no visible trace of an enclosing element on the N side of this roadway. Present remains consists of a semi-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 29m NW-SE; 19m SW-NE) defined by a low poorly preserved earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp with shallow external fosse (base Wth 1.4m; top Wth 2.8m) visible from SE-S-W-NW, with traces of an outer bank (H 1m; Wth 2.6m) visible at W only. The uneven interior rises from the perimeter, with a low platform (diam. 9m) SW of centre. There are disturbance gaps in the bank but the original entrance way is not recognisable. The site is very overgrown with trees and scrub.

Situated on a prominent hill, surrounded by hilly and gently undulating land with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. Lough Bane is c. 360m to the N and Carrick House 990m to E. Possible ringfort (WM004-033----) 145m to NNE. Only the S half of this monument survives upstanding as depicted n the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The site has been bisected by a roadway running NW-SE which intersects the ringfort…