What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Alderford is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Alderford, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area sits on the summit of a north-west to south-east ridge and measures about thirty-five metres across. A low scarp defines the boundary while a shallow wet depression appears on the north-east side. Trees once planted inside the monument have been removed, leaving a north-west to south-east avenue across the site.

Not depicted on any OS map, this rath is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 274-5), and is situated on the summit of a NW-SE ridge. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.6m NNW-SSE; 33m ENE-WSW) defined by a scarp (H 1.5-1.65m), with a slight fosse (Wth of top 6-6.6m; D 0.1m) NE-ESE which is visible as a wet area NW-NE. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the monument was planted with trees, now removed, and is overlain by a NW-SE avenue. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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