What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Camlagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the east edge of a slight plateau where a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area measures twenty-five metres north-south and twenty-one point three metres east-west. An earth and stone bank two to three metres wide and zero point four to zero point six metres high surrounds the space, backing onto a natural two point five metre slope at the east. Field walls at the south, west and north have incorporated or truncated the perimeter, while a low rectangular stone-covered mound marked as a childrens' burial ground remains at the centre.

At the E edge of a slight plateau. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 25m N-S; 21.3m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-3m; H 0.4-0.6m) SE-W-NW backing on to a natural slope down at E (H 2.5m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The perimeter is incorporated into field walls at S and W and truncated by an E-W field wall at N. The childrens' burial ground (RO050-018001-), a low rectangular, stone-covered mound (dims 10.7m N-S; 5.5m; H 0.2-0.4m) is at the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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