What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Stonepark (ballintober South By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Stonepark (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the south end of a broad hill as an oval grass-covered area measuring 76 metres north-northeast to south-southwest and 59 metres west-northwest to east-southeast. An earthen bank with bushes and a scarp define the perimeter, while a west-northwest to east-southeast field wall bisects the monument and reduces the visibility of the northern boundary. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains.
At the S end of a broad hill. Oval grass-covered area (dims 76m NNE-SSW; 59m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.6-5.2m; int. H 0.1-0.25m; ext. H 0.3-0.65m) SE-S-WNW and a scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the monument is bisected by a WNW-ESE field wall and the perimeter is less evident N of this.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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