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 circular site spans thirty-three metres on a gentle east-facing slope, enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank with numerous gaps. A boggy fosse appears on the southwest and northwest, while the interior remains uneven because the west side was cut into the upslope. The rath is now overgrown with bushes, and a man-made underground passage lies about thirty metres to the south-southwest.

On a gentle E-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 33m) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.1m) with numerous gaps. An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 6.7m; D 1.25m) is evident SW-NW; a band of rushes NW-N may indicate the line of the silted-up fosse. The E portion of the interior is raised and the W portion is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The rath is overgrown with bushes. A Man-made underground passage (SL037-105----) lies c. 30m to SSW. 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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