What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonelly is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonelly, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low-lying, level landscape where a north-south stream or drain runs about one hundred metres to the west. The circular grass-covered area measures thirty-three point eight metres north-south and thirty-two point eight metres east-west, bounded by an overgrown fosse with a three-metre causeway at the southeast. Another rath sits about one hundred and eighty metres to the south-southeast.
On a low-lying, level landscape with a N-S stream or drain c. 100m to the W. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.8m N-S; 32.8m E-W) defined by an overgrown and rounded fosse (Wth of base 3.5-5m; int. D 0.5-1m; ext. D 0.3-1m) with a causeway (Wth 3m) at SE. Rath (RO029-088----) is c. 180m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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