What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Turlaghnamaddy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Turlaghnamaddy, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass and rush-covered area measures twenty-five metres across and contains slight traces of a fosse on a slight NE-facing slope. Roscommon County Council commissioned archaeological reports for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development before a NE-SW field bank and drain cut through the site.

First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) and an unpublished archaeo-geophysical report (Bonsall & Gimson 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is situated on a slight NE-facing slope. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (int. diam. 25m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by slight traces of a fosse best preserved (at NE: Wth 2m; D 0.15m) NE-S-SW, but only occasionally traceable (at WNW: Wth of top 2m; D 0.1m) elsewhere. There is no identifiable original entrance and t is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and drain. Rath (RO015-079----) is c. 60m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 August, 2106

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