What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moyne is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moyne, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle north-facing slope at the north end of a northwest-southeast ridge. A curving earthen bank, outer field drain and north scarp define a subrectangular grass area about twenty-one metres long and twenty metres wide. The east and west sides align with field banks and drains.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope towards the N end of a NW-SE ridge. Subrectangular or D-shaped grass and scrub-covered but poached area (dims 21.5m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an overgrown but curving earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.9m) and outer field drain SE-SW, and a straight scarp (H 0.5m) at N. The straight sides at E and W are provided by field banks and drains.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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