What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mullaghmore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Mullaghmore, County Roscommon, Ireland. Susan Curran first identified the subcircular grass-covered area during an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority in 2012. Magnetic gradiometry and earth resistance surveys detected a possible stone-filled fosse outside the earthen bank, although the steep E side remained unsurveyed.

Situated at a break in slope on a gentle E-facing slope. This feature was first identified and recorded by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority in 2012. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 1.5m; H c. 0.4m) SE-SW which is incorporated into a field bank SW-NW and visible as a scarp elsewhere. A magnetic gradiometry survey identified a positive magnetic anomaly outside the bank SE-SW and an earth resistance survey confirmed an area of high resistance in the same area that can be interpreted as a stone-filled fosse feature, but it was not possible to conduct these surveys on the steep E side of the enclosure. It may be a rath, but it could also be a small field. (Curran 2016, 8-10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 June 2018

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