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 sits on a ridge above flat to undulating ground with clear views in every direction. A circular raised area measuring eighteen metres across holds a southern entrance gap one metre fifteen wide. An earthen bank two metres forty wide and fifty centimetres high encloses the space without a visible ditch.
Situated on top of a ridge in flat to undulating ground with good views in all directions. Comprises a circular raised area (int. diam. 18m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.40m, H 0.50m) with an entrance gap on the S (Wth 1.15m). No indication of a ditch.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 15 August 2013
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