What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carns (leyny By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carns (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies flat dry pasture above a gentle south-facing slope descending to bog. The raised circular area measures 31 metres north-south and 30 metres east-west, defined by a scarp reaching one metre in height. Its slightly concave interior is grass-covered, poached by cattle, and marked by a field boundary skirting the eastern and western edges.

In flat dry pasture, above a gentle S-facing slope down to bog. A raised circular area (31m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a scarp (max. H 1m). The interior is slightly concave. According to local information, the interior has been ploughed in the past. A field boundary skirts the scarp E-WSW. The interior is grass-covered and poached by cattle. 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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