What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickglass Demesne (longford By.) stands on a gentle SW-facing slope in County Longford, Ireland. A raised circular area 32.9m across is enclosed by a substantial bank 3.8m wide and 0.65-1.2m high, with a very wide deep fosse 8m across and 1.2m deep. A break 3.1m wide at ENE with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance.
On a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 32.9m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.8m; H 0.65-1.2m) with a very wide deep intervening fosse (Wth 8m; D 1.2m) and an outer bank (Wth 3.6m; H 0.3m); the latter is only visible from NNE-E-ESE. Elsewhere it has been levelled but its outline is still identifiable. A break (Wth 3.1m) in the banks at ENE with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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