What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowgarve (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowgarve (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle west-facing slope on the Carnfree ridge and consists of a circular grass-covered area bounded partly by an earthen bank and partly by a shallow scarp. A larger D-shaped enclosure attaches to the northwest, while both features now lie beneath a diagonal field bank. No entrance or surrounding ditch remains visible.

On a gentle W-facing slope of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 46m NW-SE; 44.4m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) ENE-SSE and a scarp (H 0.4-0.5m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. A D-shaped enclosure or annexe (RO028-058002-) (dims 77m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) is attached to the NW, but it is confined by or cut by field banks at NW and NE, and both the rath and annexe are overlain by a NW-SE field bank. Rath (RO028-059001-) is c. 40m to the ESE. (Herity 1987a, fig. 27; Carrrowgarve 4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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