What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmurry, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands at the west end of a low ridge as a D-shaped grass platform beside an earthen bank and outer fosse. A straight western edge marks a trench cut between the platform and bank, while mature deciduous trees fill the interior. Archaeological testing nearby in 2003 found no related material.

Marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a tree-ring, and situated a the W end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims 30.7m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m E-S to 1.1m at N) separated by a berm (Wth 3m at S to 7m at N) from an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5-1.7m; D 0.2-0.7m). There is no visible entrance, but a N-S trench (Wth 9m; D 1m) has been dug between the platform and bank at W, creating the straight edge of the platform (L 24m), and the interior is planted with mature deciduous trees (max. ext. diam. c. 52m N-S). Archaeological testing (03E0892) immediately to the NE during 2003 failed to produce any related material (Read 2006c). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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