What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonsillagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonsillagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a low, narrow east-west drumlin ridge as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 41 metres northwest-southeast and 37 metres northeast-southwest. A scarp and outer fosse define most of the perimeter, although a field bank and drain truncate the southern edge and hide the fosse beyond that point. Another rath lies approximately 100 metres to the southeast.

At the crest of a low, narrow E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 41m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m at NW to 0.6m at SW), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4-6.2m; Wth of base 1m at SW to 2.8m at NE; D 0.3-0.6m) SW-N-SE. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is truncated by an E-W field bank and drain at S and the fosse cannot be seen S of this feature. Rath (RO017-062001-) is c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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