What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tonroe is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tonroe, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the bottom of a north-facing slope on a west-northwest to east-southeast ridge. A circular grass and rush-covered area measures about forty-two metres across and contains a small central mound. An earthen bank and flat-bottomed ditch surround the space, while a field drain cuts through the western boundary.

Visible on aerial photograph (OS: 2/4209), and situated towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 42m N-S; 41.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.2m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1m) E-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.7-0.9m) elsewhere, and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 1.5-2m; D 0.2m) which is slightly truncated by a NNE-SSW field drain at W. The entrance (Wth 2.6m) and causeway (Wth 3m) are at ENE. There is a slight grass-covered mound (RO021-042048-) (diam. 9m; H 0.3m) at the centre, which may be spoil from a NNE-SSW drain just to its E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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