What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dower,runnameelta is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dower,runnameelta, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1914 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped feature measuring roughly 25 metres east-west and 20 metres north-south on a west-facing slope. Gannon described a D-shaped area defined by an earthen bank and fosse, though later observation found only field banks and quarries where the monument once stood.

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped feature (dims. c. 25m E-W; c. 20m N-S), and situated on a W-facing slope at the W end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Described as a D-shaped area defined by an earthen bank and fosse (Gannon 1972). D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 24m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a N-S field bank at W, and an E-W field bank at N. There are quarries (Wth of top 8m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.5m) on the line of the bank E-S, but a fragment of the bank (Wth c. 3m H 0.3m) survives at E (L c. 5m). No trace of the monument can be seen beyond the field banks. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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