What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonkeen (castlereagh By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeen (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area sits just off the crest of the S-facing slope at the SE end of a WNW-ESE ridge. An overgrown earthen bank and a scarp define its boundary, while two other raths stand roughly 90m to the NW and NNW across the Castlerea - Dunmore road.

Just off the crest of the S-facing slope at the SE end of a WNW-ESE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (dims 27.1m N-S; 22.4m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.3-5m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 0.2-0.5m) SW-N-E and by a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Raths (RO026-045001; RO026-045002-) are c. 90m to the NW and NNW, on the other side of the Castlerea - Dunmore road. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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