What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Portobello is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Portobello, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area sits on a low rise among rock outcrop, with a curving scarp defining its western edge and an outer berm visible to the north. It appears only on the 1914 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map, preserving a boundary that no longer shows a visible entrance.

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low rise in an area of rock outcrop. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 23.2m ENE-WSW; 21.5m NNW-SSE) with the straight NNW-SSE edge (L c. 21m) at W defined by a curving scarp (H 0.6m at E to 1.5m at N) NW-E, which merges into the ground E-S. There is an outer berm (Wth 1m; H 0.25m) NW-N, but there is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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