What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowntogher is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowntogher, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures about 27 metres across and sits on a low rise of a broad ridge. An earthen bank and scarp define most of the perimeter, while a 3-metre entrance opens to the east-southeast. A disused field bank overlies the northeast edge, and another rath stands 210 metres to the northeast.

On a low rise of a broad NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 27m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.95m) N-E-S, and by a scarp (H 0.6m at N to 1.2m at SW) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse but the entrance (Wth 3m) is at ESE. A drystone wall skirts the perimeter S-SW, and a disused NW-SE field bank overlies the perimeter at NE. Rath (RO016-064----) is c. 210m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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