What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardakillin, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area about fifty metres across on a south-facing slope overlooking Ardakillin Lough. An earthen bank surrounds the interior, with a scarp on the north-east and a shallow fosse on the west, but no original entrance remains visible.

On a S-facing slope overlooking Ardakillin Lough c. 300m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.2m E-W; 50.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.1m at S to 0.5m at W; ext. H 0.7m at E to 1.5m at S) which is represented by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.4m) NNW-NNE, and a fosse (Wth of top 9.5m; Wth of base 5.6m; D 0.4m) W-NNW. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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