What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kinard is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kinard, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass-covered area fifty metres north-south and thirty-seven point eight metres east-west on a shelf overlooking a north-west to south-east stream. An earthen bank lines the west and north-west edge while a scarp rises elsewhere, yet no visible fosse or entrance remains. The site appears only on the 1914 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map.

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shelf overlooking a NW-SE stream c. to 30m the N. Oval grass-covered area (dims 50m N-S; 37.8m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.9m) W-NW and a scarp (H 0.4m at S to 1.6m at N) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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