What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaculleen OR Hollymount is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockaculleen OR Hollymount, County Roscommon, Ireland. The oval grass-covered area measures 50 metres east-west and 40 metres north-south on a southwest-facing slope. An earthen bank, 5 to 9 metres wide and 1.2 to 1.4 metres high externally, defines the perimeter at the northwest, northeast-east and south-southwest. A mound barrow stands about 140 metres to the southwest.

Towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a rise in a low-lying landscape. Oval grass-covered area (dims. 50m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m at NW to 9m at NE; int. H 0.25-1.2m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) at NW, NE-E and S-SW, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. The interior is overlain by an ENE-WSW field bank, hedge and drain towards the perimeter at SE. There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance. Mound barrow (RO006-158----) is c. 140m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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