What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cashelmeehan, County Roscommon, Ireland. The site appears as a circular enclosure roughly sixty metres across on the 1837 and 1928 Ordnance Survey maps. It occupies a northeast-facing slope but no longer shows at ground level because the land has become reclaimed pasture.
Marked as an circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a NE-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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