What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Woodbrook is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Woodbrook, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a north-facing slope where an oval grass and rush-covered area measures thirty-two metres north-south and twenty-one point five metres east-west. An overgrown earthen bank defines the perimeter, with modern entrances at the northeast and south-southwest and a surrounding drain replacing a visible fosse.
On a N-facing slope. Oval grass and rush-covered area (dims 32m N-S; 21.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m; at S: Wth 3.6m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 1.3m). There are modern entrances at NE and SSW and material may have been taken from the interior. There is no visible fosse, but the perimeter is surrounded by a drain (Wth 1.5-2m; D 0.5-0.7m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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