What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowntawa, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area sits in pasture on a gentle west-facing slope. A flat-topped earthen bank and a field-boundary hedgerow enclose the site, although numerous gaps break the bank.

In pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope. A raised circular area (27.5m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) S-N and by a hedgerow, which is part of a field boundary, N-S. There are numerous gaps in 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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