What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cornageeha is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cornageeha, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures thirty-five metres across and sits on a rise above a low-lying, undulating landscape. An earthen bank defines the perimeter, reaches one metre in external height, and incorporates into a field wall on the southwest side. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains.
On a rise in a low-lying, undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth 5.75m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) with some bushes W-ENE, which is incorporated into a field wall SSW-W but the perimeter does not survive elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
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