What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Keelty (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. A ten-metre drystone wall and overgrown stone spread survive at the eastern edge of the site, which sits on the south-facing slope of a rise near Cashel.

Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular field (dims c. 35m N-S; c. 35m E-W), and as an oval feature (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on the 1915 ed. It is situated on the S-facing slope of a rise in an undulating landscape. A length (C 10m) of an overgrown stone spread (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) which has a drystone wall (L 10m; Wth 0.6m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.5m) on its inner, E, edge survives at E in a field boundary. Cashel (RO052-017001-) is c. 20m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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