What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the outer edge of a shelf on a north-facing slope, forming a circular grass-covered area roughly fifty metres across. An earthen bank two to four metres wide defines the perimeter, with a one-and-a-half-metre entrance at the east-southeast. A small stone-footing hut-site sits just south of the centre, while a field wall crosses the north part of the rath.
At the outer edge of a shelf on a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.2m E-W; 48.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.7m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.3-0.8m). There is no visible fosse, and the entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at ESE. There is a hut-site (RO028-206010-) (ext. dims 5.3m E-W; 3.5m N-S) defined by a stone footing (H 0.3-0.4m) just S of the centre, and the rath is overlain by a WNW-ESE field wall N of the centre.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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