What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardakillin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardakillin, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the north-facing slope of a hillock as a circular grass-covered area measuring thirty-five point eight metres east-northeast to west-southwest and thirty-four point six metres north-northwest to south-southeast. An earthen bank and hedge three point five to five point two metres wide surround the centre, while a shallow fosse six point seven metres wide across its top cuts the west-northwest edge. Two entrances, one point five metres and two metres wide, open toward the east and north-northwest.

On the N-facing slope of a hillock. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.8m ENE-WSW; 34.6m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.5-5.2m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.4m), with a fosse (Wth of top 6.7m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.1-0.3m) W-NW. There are entrances at E (Wth 1.5m) and NNW (Wth 2m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardakillin is a circular, grass-covered early-medieval defensive or domestic site, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore associates such sites with the supernatural, often believed to be the dwellings of fairies or ancient spirits.

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