What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooneen (hartland), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular overgrown area just off a ridge crest, with an earthen bank, inner facing-stones at the west, and a rounded outer fosse partly re-cut as a drain. The entrance faces east, and Rath lies about 190m to the north.

Just off the crest of a ridge, on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking a S-N section of the Scramoge River, c. 250m to the E. Circular overgrown area (diam. 40.4m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.8-5.7m; int. H 0.6-1.1m; ext. H 1-1.7m) with inner facing-stones at the W, and a rounded outer fosse (Wth of top 5.8-9m; Wth of base 3-3.6m; D 0.2-0.5m) SW-N-NE which is re-cut as a drain NE-ESE. The entrance (Wth 3.5m) is at E. Rath (RO023-189----) is c. 190m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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