What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonrane, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area sits at the crest of a gentle north-facing slope on a low east-west drumlin ridge. An earthen bank surrounds the site, while another rath lies about forty-five metres to the east-southeast.
At the crest of the gentle N-facing slope of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 22m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4-0.9m) with no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-049001-) is c. 45m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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