What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrownagashel is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrownagashel, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise on a gentle north-facing slope, forming a circular grass-covered area thirty-one metres wide east-west and twenty-nine metres north-south. A grass-covered stone spread six point six to eight metres wide defines the perimeter, while a two-metre entrance faces east-northeast. A rectangular house-site marked by large stone lines sits inside the northwest section, and a disused east-west field wall bisects the whole structure.

On a rise towards the bottom of a gentle N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 31m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 6.6-8m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 1.4m) with intermittently visible facing-stones (original Wth 1.9-2m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at ENE, and there is a rectangular house-site (RO006-141002-) (int. dims 8m NW-SE; 2.6m NE-SW) defined by lines of large stones inside the perimeter at NW. The site is bisected by a disused E-W field wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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