Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrigans Upper

In rocky pasture, on top of a natural hillock. A roughly oval area (14m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) NNW-NE, by a scarp (H 0.6m) NE-S and NW-NNW and by a steep natural slope (H 3.5m) S-NW. For a short section along the S arc there is no enclosing element visible. There is a possible entrance (Wth 4m) at NE. The grass-covered interior is undulating with many rocks close to the surface. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL033-059002-) in the SW quadrant. 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