What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcooley is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilcooley, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a broad hill as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 29.9 metres north-south and 24 metres east-west. An earthen bank, flat-bottomed fosse and outer bank define the perimeter, while a 3.4-metre entrance opens at the southeast. Later field banks and a drain now cross the northern edge and interior.

On top of a broad hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 29.9m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m), with a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4-6.6m; Wth of base 2.2-3m; D 0.3-0.7m) NE-S-W and an outer bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.2m) S-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 3.4m) at SE. The monument is overlain by an E-W field bank and outer drain at N, which distorts the perimeter here, and the interior is overlain by a NNE-SSW relict field bank. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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