What is recorded here

Carrowkeel Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowkeel (athlone North By. Turrock Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 40m WNW-ESE and 33.6m NNE-SSW, defined by an earth and stone bank 2.6-4m wide. A D-shaped annexe attached to the SE survives as a low platform 25m E-W, though a field wall bisects both features and erases the annexe north of the line. Two other raths stand nearby, one 200m north and one 140m southwest.

On a slight S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40m WNW-ESE; 33.6m NNE-SSW) defined by a grass-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 2.6-4m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.3-0.9m) frequently reduced to a scarp (H 0.45m at WNW). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. A D-shaped enclosure or annexe (RO047-011002-) attached to the SE is visible as a low grass-covered platform (dims 25m E-W; at least 19m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m) NE-SW. The rath and annexe are bisected by a WNW-ESE field wall, but the annexe does not survive N of this feature. Rath (RO047-012001-) is c. 200m to the N and rath (RO047-040001-) is c. 140m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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