What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cartron (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a hollow on an undulating landscape and contains a circular grass-covered area thirty-four metres across. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds most of the site, while an outer fosse cuts through the northern and eastern sections. A four-metre gap at the east-northeast may mark the original entrance, and a smaller circular hut-site lies just west of the centre.

In a hollow on an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-4.7m; int. H 0.3-0.65m; ext. H 1.6-1.8m) WNW-E-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.1-1.4m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5-4m; D 0.3-0.75m) N-NE and E-S. A gap (Wth 4m) in the bank at ENE may be the original entrance. A circular hut-site (RO016-024002-) (int. diam. 3.7-4m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4-3.4m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.3-0.5m) is just W of the centre. Cashel (RO016-025001-) is c. 40m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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