What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Erris is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Erris, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on a low rock shelf, bounded by a scarp and intermittent double facing-stones. A field wall bisects the interior, while Templenadriney church and another rath lie approximately two hundred metres away.

On top of a low shelf of rock outcrop on a gentle S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 20m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at N to 1.55m at S), with a stone spread (Wth 2.5-4.2m; H 0.1-0.4m) on the perimeter E-W. Double facing-stones (Wth of wall 1.4m) are intermittently visible, and the interior is bisected by an ENE-WSW field wall. Templenadriney church (RO006-083001-) is c. 200m to the W, and rath (RO006-080----) is c. 200m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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