What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Parkeel is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Parkeel, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 65.5 metres east-west and 62 metres north-south on an undulating shelf towards the bottom of a south-facing slope. A grass-covered stone wall footing 2.5 to 3 metres wide defines the north-east, south and north-west perimeter, while a scarp 0.3 to 0.8 metres high replaces the wall on the north-east, east and south-east sides. No visible entrance remains.
On an undulating shelf towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 65.5m E-W; 62m N-S) defined by the grass-covered and intermittently visible footing of a stone wall (Wth 2.5-3m) NNE-S-NNW, which is replaced by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.3-0.8m) NNE-ENE and ESE-SE. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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