What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carroward (ballintober South By., Kilbride North Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carroward (ballintober South By., Kilbride North Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area measuring 59.3m east-west and 54.2m north-south on a shelf in a low-lying landscape. A shallow scarp and fosse mark its southern and western edges, while a northern scarp completes the perimeter, which lacks an identifiable entrance and is slightly truncated by a road bank at the northwest.
On a shelf in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 59.3m E-W; 54.2m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.4m) with a fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1.4m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.15m) SSE-W and by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) N-SSE. There is no identifiable original entrance, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NE-SW road bank at NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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