What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scregg (boyle By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Scregg (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on the south-facing slope of a drumlin, measuring 38.5 metres north-south and 35 metres east-west. An earthen bank, partly incorporated into a field bank and hedge, defines the perimeter, while an outer fosse lies to the west and north-northwest. No visible entrance remains, and another rath stands about 130 metres to the northwest.
On the S-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 38.5m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m; at N: Wth 6.7m; int. H 1.65m; ext. H 1.65m) incorporated in a field bank and hedge WSW-N and a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.4m) elsewhere, with an outer, partly quarried fosse (Wth 4-5m; D 0.6m) W-NNW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO011-036----) is c. 130m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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