What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creaghnakirka is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Creaghnakirka, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a circular grass-covered area about forty metres across, probably defined by a low earthen bank five metres wide, situated on a fairly level landscape. Jean Charles Caillere first reported the site, which remains visible in aerial images from 1995 to 2020.
Situated on a fairly level landscape. A circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m) that is probably defined by a low earthen bank (Wth c. 5m) is visible on Google Earth (11/05/2020) and other Google images. It is also visible on OSI images (1995, 2000, 2005-12), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (11/05/2020)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 1 April, 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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