What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ballyglass (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ballyglass (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The subcircular grass-covered area measures 51m north-south and 48m east-west, with a 2.6m wide stone spread forming its boundary. A central house site and second possible structure occupy the interior, while the southeastern perimeter aligns with the northern edge of a roadway.

Visible on aerial photograph (OSAP: 3/0144), and situated at the crest of a NE-facing slope and at the SE end of roadway (RO028-189003-). Subcircular grass-covered area (int. diam. 51m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.6m; H 0.2m-0.55m). There is no visible entrance, but a house site (RO028-190002-) (int. dims. 8.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.75m; H 0.3-0.5m) is at the centre, with a second possible house site (RO028-190003-) (int. dims. 18m ENE-WSW; 6m NNW-SSE) just to its E. The perimeter SE-SW forms the N side of a roadway (RO028-189003-), and rath (RO028-189001-) is c. 20m to the NW. See the attached aerial view taken from the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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