What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcolman is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilcolman, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular area measuring 41m NE-SW and 37m NW-SE on a gentle S-facing slope, bounded by a flat-topped earthen bank and an outer fosse. A western entrance and causeway cut through the bank, while a road bank slightly truncates the NE perimeter. The interior contains a church and now serves as a graveyard extending 180m NW-SE.

On a shelf of a gentle S-facing slope. Subcircular area (dims 41m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3-3.5m; Wth of top 1-2m; int. H 0.2m at W to 0.9m generally; ext. H 0.4m at N to 1-1.6m generally), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.2-1.8m; ext. D 0.4-0.6m) ESE-W. There is an entrance (Wth 1.3m) and causeway (Wth 1.3m) at W, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NW-SE road bank at NE. Church (RO008-021002-) is in the interior and the rath is now a graveyard (RO008-021003-) with a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 180m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) extending off to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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