What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Keelty (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 23.3 metres NNE-SSW and 23.1 metres WNW-ESE inside a re-built stone wall. A drystone wall sits on top of the original structure all around, while spoil lies outside the NE-SSE section. The four-metre entrance faces SW, placing Cashel twenty metres away to the SW.

Marked on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 20m), and situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 23.3m NNE-SSW; 23.1m WNW-ESE) defined by a re-built and overgrown stone wall (Wth 1.6-2.8m; int. H 0.5-1.1m; ext. H 0.6-1m) which has a drystone wall built on top of it all around, and spoil added outside NE-SSE. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at SW. Cashel (RO052-017002-) is c. 20m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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