Ballyboe Fort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

At the W edge of a natural N-S ridge in undulating terrain, in valley S of Slievenamon Mountain, in pasture. A tributary of the Anner River flows E-W c. 180m N of the motte and bailey and a modern road is located c. 80m to W. Steep-sided oval-shaped motte (top diam. 11m N-S; 7m E-W; H 5.4-6m; basal diam. 34.7m N-S; 32.8m E-W) built into the natural ridge with a fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.15m) at base of W sector. The E quadrant and lower slope of the W quadrant has been subject to cattle erosion. Roughly triangular-shaped bailey (diam. 33m N-S; 24.5m E-W; H 1.7m to E; 1.36m to W) utilises ridge immediately S of motte, the interior slopes to the E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A local castle; wider significance not recorded.

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