What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carnakit is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carnakit, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a north-facing slope on a west-northwest to east-southeast ridge. A grass-covered D-shaped area measures 48.5 metres north-south and 21 metres east-west. A 0.5-metre-high scarp borders its south, west and north edges, while a fosse with a 5.2-metre-wide top and 3-metre-wide base cuts its west and northwest.

At the crest of the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 48.5m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) S-W-N, with a fosse (Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.3m) W-NW. There is no identifiable original entrance, and it is cut at E by a field bank of field system (RO021-042046-). Man-made underground passage (RO021-042044-) is in the interior. Rath (RO021-042026-) is c. 120m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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