What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanballybaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shanballybaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular overgrown area about 25 metres wide towards the top of a south-facing slope in mixed woodland. A scarp 0.4 to 1 metre high defines the boundary, while drains surround the site and no visible fosse or entrance remains. Another cashel sits about 180 metres to the east.
Towards the top of a S-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) in a mixed woodland defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1m). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but it is surrounded by drains. Cashel (RO007-045----) is c. 180m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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