What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloghnashade is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloghnashade, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the summit of a southeast-northwest spur and measures 58.5 metres north-south by 52 metres east-west. An earthen bank 5.5 to 7.6 metres wide defines the subcircular grass-covered area, while old quarry marks appear on the northwest perimeter. Three other raths stand within 200 metres to the southwest, northeast and east.

At the summit of a SE-NW spur. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 58.5m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-7.6m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.1-0.4m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance but there is an old quarry on the perimeter at NW and lazy-beds in the interior. It is truncated slightly at E by a N-S field wall and overlain by an E-W field wall S of the centre. Raths (RO044-039----; RO044-041----; RO044-042----) are c. 190m to the SW, 90m to the NE, and 195m to the E respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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