What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Doughil, County Roscommon, Ireland. Marked as a circular enclosure roughly thirty metres across on the 1837 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps, it sits on a steep southeast-facing slope of Slieve Bawn. The earthworks disappear into unreclaimed pasture, leaving no visible trace at ground level.
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a steep SE-facing slope of Slieve Bawn. It is not visbile at ground level in unreclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Slieve BawnMountain / peak · 1426 yd
Doughill ForestForest · 1.3 mi
R. C. ChapelChurch · 1.6 mi
Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.7 mi
R. C. Chapel (in ruins)Church · 1.9 mi
Not indicatdEcclesiastical enclosure · 2.6 mi
Commons North WalkVisitor information · 3.8 mi
Ballyclare IslandIslet · 3.9 mi
Wild birdsVisitor information · 4.0 mi
White Sand WoodWood · 4.5 mi
Leitrim CastleCastle, unclassified · 4.7 mi
Rathcline CastleBawn · 4.7 miOther information
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