What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cloonoghil, County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 36.6m NNE-SSW and 33.3m WNW-ESE behind a rebuilt drystone wall with larger stones at the base. Survey maps from 1837 and 1915 marked the circular wooded enclosure in the undulating landscape. The wall may cover an older cashel structure.

Marked as a circular wooded enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. and as a circular enclosure on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. diam. 36.6m NNE-SSW; 33.3m WNW-ESE) defined by a rebuilt drystone wall (at E: Wth 1.85m; H c. 1.5m) with larger stones at the base, possibly built on an older structure which may have been a cashel. Enclosure (RO051-060----) is c. 50m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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