What is recorded here

Promontory fort is a promontory fort, inland in Annagh (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low promontory jutting east from the southwest shore of Lough Meelagh. A rectangular area measuring thirty-one by twenty metres holds mature deciduous trees reaching two metres high. An earthen bank five point five metres wide and eight metres long borders the west side, accompanied by an outer fosse five point two metres across at the top.

On a low promontory jutting E from the SW shore of Lough Meelagh (dims. c. 2 km E-W; c. 600m-1 km N-S). Rectangular area planted with mature deciduous trees (dims. 31m E-W; 20m N-S; max. H 2m) which has an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.6m; L 8m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.5m) at the W side. There is no recognisibale entrance or any internal features. Promontory fort (RO003-008----) is c. 160m across the lake to the NW and rath (RO003-0090----) is c. 200m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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