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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Embanked enclosure — Ballyglass Upper is recorded as Enclosure in Roscommon. Marked as a small circular and embanked wooded feature (diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the N-facing crest of a hill and c. 150m SW of Fort George House.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: Marked as a small circular and embanked wooded feature (diam.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: 16m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and fosse (Gannon 1972).

What was found

The saved account records: c. 20m) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the N-facing crest of a hill and c. 150m SW of Fort George House.

What remains

The saved account records: It is now visible as a circular grass-covered area (diam.

Why it mattered

Embanked enclosure — Ballyglass Upper matters because the source ties enclosure to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Described as a subcircular area (dims 18.5m N-S

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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