What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise at the west edge of a broad low plateau. A steep-sided earthen bank surrounds an irregularly-shaped, domed, grass-covered area, while a modernised entrance appears at the east-northeast. Lazy-beds remain inside the perimeter, which is quarried at the southeast.

On a rise at the W edge of a broad low plateau. Irregularly-shaped, domed, grass-covered area (dims 58m E-W; 51m N-S) defined by a steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 4.9-5.1m; int. H 0.9-1m; ext. H 1.9-2.4m), with an outer fosse WSW-WNW (Wth of top 6.7m; Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.3m) and NNW-NE. There is a modernised entrance at ENE and lazy-beds in the interior, while the perimeter is quarried at SE. Rath (RO048-193----) is c. 220m to the SE. See the attached views made by Markus Casey c. 2004 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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