What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardkeenagh (plunkett) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardkeenagh (plunkett), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a south-facing slope as a circular grass area thirty-two metres across, bounded by an earthen bank three and a half to four and a half metres wide. The fort joins another rath on its east side, though a north-south field bank now covers the junction. No ditch or original entrance remains visible.
Towards the top of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m N-S; 31.9m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. It is conjoined with rath (RO028-028002-) immediately to the E, but the junction is overlain by a N-S field bank of field system (RO028-025001-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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