What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Stonehall OR Carrownageeragh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Stonehall OR Carrownageeragh, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a gentle south-facing pasture slope with extensive views of the Ox Mountains, Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea Mountain. Although invisible at ground level, an aerial photograph reveals a north-west to south-east bank arc spanning roughly thirty metres.
In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope with extensive views of the Ox Mountains, Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea Mountain. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. An arc of bank NW-SSE (diam. c. 30m) is visible in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V 197/159-160).
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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