What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cams is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cams, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular area measures about forty-six metres across and sits on a gentle north-west-facing slope. An earthen bank defines the shape, although pasture hides the feature at ground level. Aerial photographs and satellite images reveal a vegetation mark and single fosse because the grass grows differently above the buried earthwork.
On a gentle NW-facing slope. Described as a circular area (diam. 46m) defined by an earthen bank (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but is visible as a vegetation mark (int. diam. c. 50m) defined by a single fosse feature in aerial photographs (ASIAP (186) 35-7), and it is also visible on OSI images (c. 2010).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 1 June 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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