What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrownolan is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrownolan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1915 Ordnance Survey six-inch map as a circular enclosure about forty metres across on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. The surviving subcircular area measures thirty-five by thirty metres, with a grass-covered stone spread four metres wide and half a metre high on one side, while the rest of the perimeter remains unclear.
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), and situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S), with an arc of a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 4m; H 0.5m) but no visible facing-stones E-SSW. The perimeter is not clearly defined at other points.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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