What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skrine is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Skrine, County Roscommon, Ireland. The 1916 and 1928 Ordnance Survey maps marked a circular enclosure about 55 metres across near the top of a northwest-facing slope on a northwest-southeast ridge. The earthwork no longer shows at ground level in the pasture.
Marked only on the 1916 (42) and 1928 (41) ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 55m) situated towards the top of a NW-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. It is not visible at ground level in pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 January 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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