What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownloughan, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval structure sits in pasture on a steep north-facing ridge slope, marked by a scarp, shallow fosse, and short stony bank. A field boundary appeared on the 1914 OS map, but that line is now levelled and a quarry has been dug nearby.

In pasture, built into the steep N-facing slope of a ridge. An oval area (17m E-W; 25.8m N-S) defined by a scarp which is highest (H 1.65m) W-E and low elsewhere. A shallow fosse is evident S-NW, accompanied S-SW by a slight external rise and at W by a short section of an upstanding stony bank (L 3m; Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m). Outside the scarp NW-NE the natural slope has been terraced (Wth 3.3m; H 1.6m). A field boundary shown on the 1914 OS 6-inch map abutting the rath at E has been levelled and a quarry has been dug close by to NE. 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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