What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowgarve (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowgarve (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a broad plateau with rock outcrop and consists of a D-shaped grass-covered area measuring 44 metres east-west and 29 metres north-south. A grass-covered earth and stone bank, 1.4 to 2.4 metres wide and 0.1 to 0.4 metres high, defines the perimeter from southeast through west to northwest. The monument is truncated by an east-west wall at the north and a north-south wall at the east, while a relict field bank extends southwest into a system of rectangular fields covering about 5 acres.

On a broad plateau with rock outcrop. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 44m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by a grass-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4-2.4m; H 0.1-0.4m) SE-W-NW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the monument is truncated by an E-W wall at N and a N-S wall at E. A relict field bank extends from the perimeter at SW as part of a field system (RO028-239002-) of rectangular fields (dims c. 100m x c. 50m) covering about 5 acres (c. 2 ha). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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