What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowntoosan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area towards the bottom of a gentle east-facing slope of Rathcroghan. A slight bank and outer fosse define the structure, while entrances appear at the east-southeast and west-northwest. Another rath lies approximately 240 metres to the north-northwest.

Towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope of Rathcroghan. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 24.3m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a slight bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) WSW-N, with a scarp (H 0.4-0.9m) elsewhere. There are entrances at ESE (Wth 2.5m) and WNW (Wth 1.4m). Rath (RO022-057051-) is c. 240m to the NNW. (Knox 1914a, 33, Rath No. 2; Waddell 1983, 41, No. 49) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Carrowntoosan is a circular fairy fort (ringfort/rath) located near Rathcroghan, a significant early-medieval royal site associated with the Kings of Connacht. It is likely of early-medieval origin and may have been part of a broader network of ceremonial or elite settlements; local folklore often links such forts to the Tuatha Dé Danann or to hidden fairy realms.

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