What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonfad More, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appeared as a circular wooded enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map and remained marked as a circular enclosure on the 1914 edition. The site sits on the south-facing slope of a broad east-west drumlin and once displayed an oval earthen bank with an outer fosse. It is no longer visible at ground level in the pasture.

Marked as a circular wooded enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1914 ed. Situated on the S-facing slope of a broad E-W drumlin. Described as an oval area (dims 33m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse (Gannon 1972). It is no longer visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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