What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cartronagor is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cartronagor, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low east-west ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring twenty metres east-west and nineteen metres north-south. A gapped earthen bank and outer fosse define the perimeter, though no visible entrance remains. The structure sits unplanted within a coniferous forest.

On a low E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 20m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 2.65-3.4m; int. H 0.1-0.35m; ext. H 0.6-0.65m) N-E-SSW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.65m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 0.2m) NE-SE, visible as band of reeds (Wth 3-4m) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance. It remains unplanted (c. 2012) in a coniferous forest. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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