What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carraun (leyny By., Banada Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carraun (leyny By., Banada Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a low pasture rise and preserves a thirty-four and a half metre circular area bounded by a gap-filled earthen bank, external fosse and partial counterscarp. A lane crosses the north-east fosse edge while a field boundary curves around the south-east arc.

In pasture, on a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. 34.5m) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) SE-E with numerous gaps and by a scarp E-SE. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.5m) is evident all round. The remains of earthen counterscarp bank (Wth 4m; H c. 0.3m) are evident NNE-E. A lane crosses the edge of fosse at NE. A field boundary curves around the SE arc of the rath. 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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