What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Keadew West, County Roscommon, Ireland. The oval platform sits on a drumlin and measures 31 metres east-west by 25.5 metres north-south. A low scarp defines the edge, while a band of rushes marks a fosse along the northeast and northwest. The northern and northeast perimeter is incorporated into a field bank and hedge, and no entrance remains visible.
On top of a drumlin. Oval grass and rush-covered but poached platform (dims. 31m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.5m), with a fosse represented by a band of rushes (Wth 2.3-3m) NE-NW. There is no visible entrance, and the perimeter is incorporated into a field bank and hedge N-NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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