What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (castlereagh By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyglass (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area near the bottom of a west-facing slope, bounded partly by an earthen bank and a complete fosse. A six-point-eight-metre entrance and eroded causeway appear at the southeast, while a north-south field bank and drain cross the interior west of the centre. The site appears only on the 1929 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map.

Marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) E-SW, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 5.7-7.5m; Wth of base 2.2m at N to 4.5m at E; D 0.1m at N to 0.4m at W). There is an entrance (Wth 6.8m) and an eroded causeway at SE. The interior is overlain by a N-S field bank and drain W of the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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