What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Leitrim (frenchpark By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leitrim (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on a south-facing slope, bounded partly by an earthen bank and partly by a scarp, with a shallow fosse along one side. A relict field wall crosses the southeast perimeter, and no entrance remains visible. Another rath lies forty metres to the southwest, while a man-made underground passage stands one hundred and eighty metres to the west.
On a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) N-E-S and a scarp (H 0.4-0.5m) elsewhere, with a fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.3-0.4m) WSW-NW. It is overlain by a relict NE-SW field wall towards the perimeter at SE. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO015-035----) is c. 40m to the SW, and Man-made underground passage (RO015-065----) is c. 180m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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