What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolteige is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolteige, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area measures about 33 metres north-south and 20 metres east-west on a north-facing slope. An earthen bank and fosse define its western, southern and northern edges, while a field bank and road cut through the eastern side. An oval pond sits inside the enclosure, and archaeological testing nearby failed to find related material.

On a N-facing slope. D-shaped, grass-covered area (dims c. 33m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 6.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.6m) and fosse (at W: Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.55m) S-W-N. There is an oval pond (dims. 14m N-S; 8m E-W; D 0.6m) in the interior, and the monument is truncated at E by a N-S field bank and road. Rath (RO035-066----) is c. 130m to the ESE. Archaeological testing (03E0749), c. 50m to the SE (Read 2006h), and further testing (05E0042) c. 70m to the S (Byrne, M. E. 2008a) failed to produce any related material. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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