What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadangan,scardaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight north-facing slope as a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area measuring 47.9 metres north-northeast to south-southwest and 26.8 metres west-northwest to east-southeast. An overgrown earth and stone bank runs south-west to north to north-east, while an outer fosse lies south-west to west-northwest. A north-northeast to south-southwest field wall and townland boundary with Scardaun truncates the monument at the east, leaving no visible feature beyond that line.

On a slight N-facing slope. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 47.9m NNE-SSW; 26.8m WNW-ESE) defined by an overgrown earth and stone bank (Wth 4.1-7.1m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 0.35-0.7m) SW-N-NE, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.3m; D 0.3m) SW-WNW. A NNE-SSW field wall and townland boundary with Scardaun truncates the monument at E, and no feature is visible to E of this boundary. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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