What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killukin (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killukin (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle NW-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough, about 170m to the NW. A circular grass-covered area measures 26m NW-SE and 25.7m NE-SW, bounded partly by an earthen bank 2.5-3.2m wide and partly by a slight 0.1m scarp. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains.
On a gentle NW-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough, c. 170m to the NW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m NW-SE; 25.7m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.2m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) N-E and S-W and a slight scarp (H 0.1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
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