What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carncash is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carncash, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the summit of a natural rise in undulating pasture and encloses a sub-circular area measuring 25.5 metres north-south and 22.5 metres east-west. A bank surrounds this space, appearing higher and wider at the north while forming a narrow stone structure on a stepped scarp at the south. Several breaks mark the bank, although no clear entrance feature or fosse is visible.

Situated on the summit of a natural rise in undulating pasture. A sub-circular area (25.5m N-S; 22.5m E-W) is enclosed by a bank (int. H at N 0.5m; int H at S 0.15m; ext. H at N 0.55m; ext. H at S 1.25m; Wth at N 1m; Wth at S 0.34m). The bank is higher and wider at the N and to the S it consists of a narrow stone bank built on a stepped scarp. There is no fosse and there is no clear entrance feature, though there are a number of breaks in the bank. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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