What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Greaghnafarna is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Greaghnafarna, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a shelf on the lower southeast-facing slope of a mountain and overlooks a north-south stream about 100 metres to the east. The circular grass and rush-covered area measures 21 metres east-west and 19 metres north-south, with an earthen bank at the north and a scarp elsewhere. A shallow fosse crosses the southwest and northeast, while a 3.7-metre entrance opens at the south-southwest.

On a shelf on the lower SE-facing slope of a mountain, and overlooking a N-S stream c. 100m to the E. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 21m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m) NW-NE, and a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere. There is a fosse (Wth of top 2.5-3m; D 0.1-0.2m) SW-NE, which is reduced to a berm (Wth 1.5-2m) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth 3.7m) at SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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