What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardlagheen Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle east-facing slope at the southeast end of a low ridge and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring nearly forty-nine metres across. An earthen bank surrounds part of the circle, while a rounded fosse survives along the southeast, west and north edges. A rectangular grass-covered enclosure attaches to the southern perimeter, and a field bank cuts across the monument without clearing its original entrance.

On a gentle E-facing slope at the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 48.8m NW-SE; 45.8m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.3-4.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.35-1.5m) ESE-W-NNE, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.3-0.35m) elsewhere. A rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.6-9.5m; Wth of base 3-6m; D 0.55-0.65m) survives SE-W-N. There is no identifiable original entrance, and a WNW-ESE field bank bisects the monument. There is a rectangular grass-covered enclosure or annexe (RO035-022002-) (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by scarps (H 0.2-0.9m) attached to the perimeter at SSW. See the attached aerial view taken from the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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