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Sites 46, 46a & 46b - Carrowmore This monument is a ringfort with a diameter of 36 meters, and is not related to the megalithic monuments, belonging to a much later period. Ringforts were generally constructed from the early Christian to Medieval eras. They were mostly homes for farmers. 46a is probably a small hut foundation, which may date to the stone age. I can't find any referance to say what 46b might have been. No. 46. Situated in the next field to LVII, to the W., and "close to the ditch which cuts off a portion of it." - Petrie. It is a few paces to the N.W. of LVII (caltragh?). "This circle appears rather to have been a cashel or fort than a place of interment. The diameter is about 120 feet, and the wall 10 feet in thickness. It is composed of enormous-sized stones mixed with earth, and has a ditch and bank surrounding it. It has also two smaller walls within it, and extending across it in parallel right lines, as see the plan." - P. "This curious monument appears to have been originally rudely circular...... The circumvallation consists of an earthen rampart mixed with stones, and about 10 feet in thickness. In the interior are two smaller banks extending across it in parallel lines. None of the enormous-sized stones which formerly composed the rampart now remain; but two boulders on either side of the gap in the S. arc of the circle may perhaps mark the jambs of a rude entrance." - Wood-Martin. Circular earthworks divided by a bank traversing their interior area are known to German archaeologists. See drawing of the "Schlossberg" near Witzen in the Neues Lausitzishes Mag., vol. lvii., pl. facing p. 466. NO. 46 (a). Near No. 46 (dolmen-circle). This is not noticed by Petrie. ,"It is a very diminutive circle, 10 feet in diameter, hollow in the centre, and surrounded by thin flags, ten in number. An excavation was made, but without result." - W. M. Col. Wood-Martin compares it to a circle in Achill (co. Mayo'). No. 46 (b). About 150 paces to the S. of No. 46 (caltragh?). "A very similar structure to No. 46, not hitherto noticed" (and therefore not in Petrie's list). In common with No. 46, Col. Wood-Martin regards this as a sepulchral monument. It is not within the range of his map, but it makes the sixth monument of the class included in the Carrowmore group. R.S.M., p. 66.