What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickard is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickard, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped area on a southeast-facing slope where a straight eastern field boundary meets a low stony bank. The western entrance opens onto a sloping interior that contains a quarry hollow in its northern half.

In undulating pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A D-shaped area (dims. 14.5m E-W) with a straight E side (L 26.6m N-S) formed by a field boundary, as indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. The interior is defined by a low stony bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) S-N abutting a linear N-S field boundary. There is an entrance (Wth 3.1m) at W. The interior is sloping and there is a quarry hollow in the N half. 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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