What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathlena, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular enclosure roughly thirty-five metres across on the 1837 and 1928 Ordnance Survey maps. The surviving structure forms a D-shaped grass area bounded by a curved earthen bank and straight field walls, with a modern three-metre entrance at the north-east.

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. Subrectangular or D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34m NE-SW; 32.5m NW-SE) defined by a curved earthen bank (at WNW: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) WSW-NE and by straight field banks and walls with hedges at E, S and W. There is no visible fosse, and there is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at NNE. Rath (RO032-041----) is c. 160m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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