What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clogher Lower is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clogher Lower, County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 33.3 metres east-west and 29.7 metres north-south, defined by an earthen bank 3.5 to 4 metres wide. An entrance 2.2 metres wide faces east-southeast, and traces of inner facing-stones remain on the eastern bank. A field bank overlays the western perimeter, reducing that section to a 0.4-metre scarp, while the north-eastern bank is badly poached.

On the NE-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 33.3m E-W; 29.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.5-0.6m N-E to 0.8-1.1m S-W; ext. H 1.1-2m). The monument is overlain by a NNE-SSW field bank at W and the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) W of this. There are traces of inner facing-stones on the bank at E and the entrance (Wth 2.2m) is at ESE, but there is no visible fosse. The bank is badly poached N-E. Rath (RO032-063----) is c. 210m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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