What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownaglogh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaglogh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope of a northwest-southeast ridge and appears today as a circular grass-covered area about twenty-six metres wide. Two other raths lie within one hundred and fifty metres to the northwest and west-southwest.
On a gentle S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Described as an oval area (dims 42m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Gannon 1972). It is now a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2-0.5m). Raths (RO038-022----) and (RO038-023----) are c. 150m to the NW and c. 100m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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