What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Derrycoagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derrycoagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area sits at the crest of a northwest-southeast ridge and measures about 23 metres north-south by 12.3 metres east-west. An earthen bank, outer fosse, and scarp define its western and southern edges, while a field bank truncates the eastern side. Local tradition calls it Cluain na Cille, a childrens burial ground, although no evidence of burial exists.

At the crest of a NW-SE ridge, towards the NW end. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 23m N-S; 12.3m E-W) defined by an arc of an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.3-1,5m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.6-2m; D 0.2-0.4m) on the straightened W side SW-NW, and a scarp (H 0.6m) S-SW. It is truncated by a NNE-SSW field bank at E and nothing survives E of this feature. It is known locally as a childrens burial ground (RO009-077002-) called 'Cluain na Cille' (Beirne 2000, 201), although there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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