What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyroddy,kilmacumsy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyroddy,kilmacumsy, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 26.5m east-west and 25.5m north-south on a level landscape. A scarp rises 0.45m generally but reaches 1.2m at the south, while an outer fosse stretches 1.7m wide at the west to 3.5m at the south. The fosse is re-cut as a drain forming the townland boundary with Kilmacumsy, and no entrance remains visible.
On a level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.5m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.45m generally to 1.2m at S), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.7m at W to 3.5m at S; D 0.2-0.7m) S-NW which is re-cut as a drain acting as a townland boundary with Kilmacumsy NNE-SE. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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