What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickbanagher is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickbanagher, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular platform measures twenty-six metres across and rises two metres above the surrounding pasture. A five-metre-wide fosse circles the base, though recent infilling has reduced its visibility along the northeast arc. A four-metre causeway crosses the fosse at the southeast, connecting the interior to the outer slope.

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A circular platform (int. diam. 26m; H c. 2m) defined on top by traces of an earthen bank and at the base by a fosse. The bank is levelled along the E and S arcs and barely perceptible elsewhere. The fosse (Wth 5m) is straight-sided and best evident along the N arc. The fosse has been recently infilled along the NE arc. There is a causeway (Wth 4m) across fosse at SE. Some quarrying was noted in the S 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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