What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonlaughnan, County Roscommon, Ireland. A subcircular grass-covered area measures 41.5m east-west and 36m north-south, defined by an earthen bank 5.5-7.8m wide and 0.8-1.65m high. The bank reduces to a 0.6m scarp NNW-N, while a 7m gap at S borders an adjacent stock pen. A farm track once bisected the site NW-SE but is now replaced by a new N-S track at E, with a field bank circumscribing the location S-W.

On the crest of a broad, low NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (dims 41.5m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-7.8m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 0.65-1.65m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) NNW-N. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance but there is a gap (Wth 7m) at S with a stock pen adjacent outside. A farm track bisected the monument NW-SE (Gannon 1972) which is now replaced with a new N-S track adjacent to the perimeter at E, and the location is circumscribed by a field bank S-W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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