What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Emlaghkeadew is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Emlaghkeadew, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a flat, low-lying landscape as a circular grass-covered area roughly 26 metres across. Intermittently visible inner and outer facing stones define an earthen bank or wall between 1.55 and 2.6 metres wide, while no visible fosse or original entrance remains.
On a flat, low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 26.1m E-W; 25.6m N-S) defined by the intermittently visible grass-covered inner and outer facing-stones of an earthen bank or stone wall (Wth 1.55m at W to 2m at N and E to 2.6m at E). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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