What is recorded here
Lisnanultagh Forts is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeen (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 18.3 metres east-west and 15.7 metres north-south, defined by a stony bank 3.9 to 4.3 metres wide. Two other raths stand nearby: one 5 metres to the southwest and another 90 metres to the southeast across the Castlerea-Dunmore road. No visible fosse or original entrance remains.
Just off the crest of the S-facing slope at the SE end of a WNW-ESE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 18.3m E-W; 15.7m N-S) defined by a stony bank (Wth 3.9-4.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3-0.7m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO026-045001-) is 5m to the SW, and rath (RO026-046----) is c. 90m to the SSE, on the other side of the NE-SW Castlerea - Dunmore road.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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