What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Coolteige is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Coolteige, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures twenty-five to thirty metres across and sits on a southern-facing karst limestone shelf. A two-to-four-metre stone spread defines its edge, while surrounding field walls connect to the perimeter and cut through its southeast section.
Located on a shelf of a S-facing slope of karst limestone. This is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. c. 25-30m) defined by a stone spread (Wth c. 2-4m). The perimeter is connected with walls of the field system (RO036-018004-) and the perimeter is also truncated by a NE-SW field wall at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 September, 2015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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