What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shanballyeden is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shanballyeden, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an irregular grassy area 35.5 metres east-west and 28 metres north-south towards the top of a west-facing slope on a north-west-south-east ridge. A fosse or quarry with an irregular inner edge borders the east, west and north-northeast, while a field bank and drain cut across the interior. The perimeter is missing elsewhere, and the site appears only on the 1927 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map.

Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of a W-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. This is an irregularly-shaped grass and thistle-covered area (dims 35.5m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by a fosse or quarry (Wth of top 6.2-8.3m; Wth of base 2.2-3.6m; int. D 0.25-0.8m; ext. D 0.2-0.6m) E-W-NNE, which has a very irregular inner edge because of quarrying. The perimeter is missing elsewhere, and the interior is bisected by a WNW-ESE field bank and drain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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