What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortaphuill (athlone North By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortaphuill (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass-covered area 35 metres long and 29 metres wide, bounded by an earthen bank that narrows to a scarp on the south-east edge. Slight traces of a fosse remain on the north-east, while an old field bank cuts across the centre from the west-north-west perimeter. A farm track now crosses the monument from north-east to south-west, and a wayside cross stands about 150 metres to the south.

In a gently undulating landscape. Oval grass-covered but poached area with some bushes (dims 35m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-5m; int. H 0.45-0.55m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) reduced to a scarp ESE-S, with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 2m) NW-E. There is no identifiable original entrance but an old field bank runs from the perimeter at WNW to the centre, and the monument is overlain by a NE-SW farm track. Wayside cross (RO047-026----) is c. 150m to the S, and moated site (RO047-028----) is c. 200m to the SE. See the attached aerial image taken from the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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