Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (boyle By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (boyle By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a low northeast-southwest ridge and measures thirty-one metres across. A grass-covered earthen bank surrounds the centre, while a shallow outer ditch cuts through the ground on the north and west sides. The eastern entrance is nearly five metres wide, and Rath (RO011-095----) stands one hundred and eighty metres to the south-southeast.
On top of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9m at NE to 5.2m at S; int. H 0.25-0.45m; ext. H 1.1m at NE to 1.5m at SW), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.1m at S to 0.75m at NE) N-WSW. The entrance (Wth 4.8m) is at E. Rath (RO011-095----) is c. 180m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places