What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clogher More is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clogher More, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area twenty-seven metres wide on an east-facing slope at the eastern end of a slight ridge. A flat-topped earthen bank surrounds the centre, while an east-west field bank cuts through the site and a western entrance remains visible. Another rath lies two hundred and ten metres to the north-northeast.
Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope at the E end of a slight E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3m; Wth of top 1.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; D 0.1m) E-S-W, but it is bisected by an E-W field bank and defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) N of this feature. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at W. Rath (RO022-020----) is c. 210m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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