What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonybrien,toberataravan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonybrien,toberataravan, County Roscommon, Ireland. Susan Curran identified the subcircular grass-covered area during an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. The site measures 34 metres east-west and 30 metres north-south, with a slight scarp defining its perimeter and a wall and hedge marking the townland boundary with Toberatarvan.

Situated on improved, level pasture in a gently undulating landscape. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (at NNW: Wth 5.5m; H 0.45m) SW-N-ESE. The perimeter is overlain by an ENE-WSW wall and hedge at S, which is the townland boundary with Toberatarvan, but it can be traced as a slight rise S of this. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonybrien, Toberataravan, is a likely early-medieval agricultural or defensive enclosure, common in Ireland during the 5th to 10th centuries. Local tradition may associate it with fairy folklore, as the name suggests a site of supernatural or otherworldly significance.

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