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 is a subcircular grass-covered mound on a west-facing slope, partly natural, with a shallow flat-bottomed fosse and a thin outer bank on the south, west and east sides. The mound edge is cut back for about fifteen metres at the southeast, but no original entrance can be identified.

On a W-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims of top 34.8m E-W; 31.1m N-S; dims of base 36m E-W; 37.4m N-S; H 1.8m at E to 3.2m at W) which is largely natural, surrounded by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 4.5-7m; D 0.2m at N to 0.8m at S) SE-W-E, and an outer bank (at S: Wth 4m; ext. H 0.3m) SE-W. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the edge of the mound is cut back (L 15.6m) at SE (max. ext. dims 51m N-S; 50m E-W). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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