What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grallagh (frenchpark By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grallagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped feature, it sits on a gentle N-facing slope where an arc of a bank survives S-NW. An E-W field bank bisects the site, while a southern field bank truncates the perimeter and an E-W drain runs outside.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped feature, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope. An arc of a bank (at S: Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) survives S-NW (C c. 55m). It is bisected by an E-W field bank, from which a field bank runs S which truncates the perimeter at S. There is an E-W drain outside the perimeter at S. The interior is grass-covered N of the E-W field bank and scrub-covered S of it.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
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