What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a NE-SW drumlin ridge as a circular grass-covered area about 34m across, bounded by a 0.6-1m scarp and an outer fosse 1.5-2m wide at the base and 0.2-0.4m deep on the NE-E and S-WSW sides. No entrance is visible, while a hedge lines the SW-NW perimeter, a NW-SE relict field bank crosses the interior, a NE-SW drain cuts toward the NW boundary, and a pond lies immediately SE.
On a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 34m) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-1m), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5-2m; D 0.2-0.4) NE-E and S-WSW. There is no visible entrance. A hedge is planted on the perimeter SW-NW and the interior is overlain by a NW-SE relict field bank . The interior is cut by a NE-SW drain towards the perimeter at NW, while a pond lies immediately SE of the monument.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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