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
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