What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowkeel (carbury By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowkeel (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a ridge edge above Lough Gill, the Ox mountains and Knocknarea. A five-metre-wide bank and external ditch surround a twenty-nine-metre circular area. A north-west entrance aligns with a causeway cutting through the ditch.
Located on the edge of a ridge in flat to undulating pasture with views onto Lough Gill, The Ox mountains and Knocknarea. Comprises a circular area (int. diam. 29m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 5.80m, H 1.60m) and external ditch (Wth 4m, D 1.20m). There is an entrance in the NW (Wth 2.70m) with a corresponding causeway through the ditch.
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 14 August 2013
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