What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowcushcly is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowcushcly, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a rise in undulating pasture and contains a circular area twenty-seven and a half metres across. A four-metre-wide earthen bank encloses the space, reaches two metres externally, and breaks at a southeast entrance four and a half metres wide. Trees grow along the bank, marking the boundary of this ancient earthwork.

In undulating pasture, on a rise. A circular raised area (int. diam. 27.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2m). There is an entrance (Wth 4.2m) at SE. Some trees grow along the bank. 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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