What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrigans Upper is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrigans Upper, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area is eighteen metres across and holds a grass-covered stone wall that is two and a half metres wide. A possible underground passage appears in the south-west quadrant while another enclosure sits immediately north across the field boundary.

In pasture, on sloping ground and within a field system (SL033-070----). A circular area (int. diam. 18m) enclosed by the remains of a grass-covered stone wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m). There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL033-067002-) in the SW quadrant. An enclosure (SL033-197----) lies immediately to N on the opposite side of the field boundary. 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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