What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathkineely is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathkineely, County Roscommon, Ireland. An arc of earthen bank survives beside a thirty-five-metre enclosure on the hill slope, while another rath stands one hundred metres west. The site keeps its shape without a visible entrance or ditch.
Towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a hill. An arc (C 25m) of an earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 0.6m) survives SE-W of an enclosure (diam. c. 35m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO021-027----) is c. 100m to the W. (Herity 1987a, fig. 27, Rathkineely 1)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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