What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellacagher is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellacagher, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area twenty-three metres across on a south-west-facing slope. A north-east to south-west drystone wall bisects the monument, while the north-west quadrant has been quarried away to leave a pond. A barrow stands ten metres east and another rath lies one hundred and ten metres south-east.

On a shelf of a SW-facing slope at the NW end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1m) NW-E-SW, with traces of a fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; D 0.4m) S-SW. The monument is bisected by a NNE-SSW drystone wall and the NW quadrant has been quarried away leaving a pond. Barrow (RO034052002-) is 10m to the E and rath (RO034-053----) is c. 110m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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