Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrownamaddy (athlone South By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrownamaddy (athlone South By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrownamaddy (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west edge of a low plateau as a circular grass-covered area measuring forty-four point nine metres east-west and forty-four point eight metres north-south. A stone wall and hedge define the perimeter, preserving greatest height and width toward the southwest while reducing to inner and outer facing-stones toward the northeast. No identifiable original entrance remains, and a northeast-southwest road cuts the eastern-southern boundary.
At the W edge of a low plateau. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 44.9m E-W; 44.8m N-S) defined by a stone wall and hedge, best preserved (at SW: Wth 1.6m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2m) S-W, but decreasing around to the N and E where there are just inner and outer facing-stones (at NE: Wth of wall 2.1m). The is no identifiable original entrance, and the perimeter is cut by a NE-SW road E-S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places