What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cootehall is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cootehall, County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 49 metres east-west and 43 metres north-south at the bottom of a west-facing rise. An overgrown scarp and outer fosse define its eastern and southern edges, though no entrance remains visible. A fulacht fia lies one hundred metres to the southwest.

At the bottom of a W-facing rise. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 49m E-W; 43m N-S) defined by an overgrown scarp (H 0.1-0.95m) with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; D 0.1m) E-S which was complete in 1972 when there was evidence of an inner bank (Gannon 1972). There is no visible entrance. Fulacht fia (RO007-018002-) is c. 100m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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