What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Oran, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge and preserves a D-shaped grass-covered area bounded by an earthen bank and straight eastern scarps. An outer grass-covered fosse surrounds the site and probably incorporates a stream from the nearby holy well, now marked by a pump-house.

Towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 33.6m NNE-SSW; 26m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m) SW-N-NE, and by straight scarps at E (H 0.5m) at E-S. There is an outer grass-covered fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.1-0.3m) which probably incorporates a stream from the holy well (RO034-080009-) which was at the NE angle of the rath and which is replaced by a pump-house. Archaeological testing (01E0422) c. 50m to the N failed to produce any related archaeological features (Read 2003c). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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