What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carroward (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carroward (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a northeast-facing slope on a west-northwest to east-southeast ridge. A low earthen bank surrounds a circular grass-covered area that slopes downward toward the northeast. Another rath lies one hundred metres to the southeast.

Towards the top of the NE-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.6m NW-SE; 30.3m NE-SW) sloping down to the NE (H 2.2m) and defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m) E-S and (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) W-N, with a scarp down to the interior (H 0.2m) S-W and outer scarp (H 0.9m) N-E. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but there is a quarry in the SE quadrant. Rath (RO028-211001-) is c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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