What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonacaltry,feacle, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 33m NW-SE and 32.5m NE-SW towards the top of a gentle S-facing slope. A collapsed stone spread defines the ENE-S-WSW edge while an earth and stone bank forms the rest. A field wall and townland boundary with Cloonacaltry now overlay the WSW-WNW perimeter.
Towards the top of a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m NW-SE; 32.5m NE-SW) defined by a collapsed stone spread (Wth 1-2m; int. H 0.5m) ENE-S-WSW and by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) elsewhere. There is no identifiable fosse or original entrance, but the perimeter is overlain by a field wall and townland boundary with Cloonacaltry WSW-WNW. The cashel (RO048-123----) is c. 160m to the N and cashel (RO048-125----) is c. 130m to the ENE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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