What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killinraghty Little is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killinraghty Little, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area measures 38m east-west and 36m north-south on a gentle south-facing slope. An earthen bank defines the north-west edge, while a fosse runs from south-west through north to south-east. A removed field bank now leaves a low scarp at the south edge.
Visible as a subcircular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 8-9), and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m) at NW, and by a fosse (Wth of base 3.3m at N to 5.2m at E; int. D 0.45m; ext. D 0.4-0.7m) SW-N-SE. It is truncated at S by an E-W field bank, now removed and reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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