What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coggalkeenagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. A faint oval mark appeared on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map, while a surviving eroded bank and outer fosse trace a circular grass-covered enclosure on a gentle north-facing slope. Another ringfort sits about ninety metres to the south.

Marked faintly as a small oval feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope. An arc (C c. 16m) of an eroded bank (Wth c. 7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) and traces of an outer fosse (Wth of top 6.8m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.3m) of a circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 25m) survives S-WNW. The ringfort (RO029-096----) is c. 90m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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