What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Annagh OR Drumanilra is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Annagh OR Drumanilra, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing slope overlooking Lough Key, about 220 metres to the southwest. A circular grass-covered area measures 31.7 metres east-west and 31.3 metres north-south, bounded by a drystone wall reaching 1.6 metres high on the outside at the west. Modern gaps appear at the north, northeast and southwest, while bushes and grass-covered tumble mark parts of the structure.
On a S-facing slope overlooking Lough Key, c. 220m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 31.7m E-W; 31.3m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (at N: Wth 0.6m; H 0.7m; at W: Wth 2m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.6m) with bushes and grass-covered tumble in places. There are modern gaps at N, NE and SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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