What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Keeloges (boyle By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Keeloges (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measured about 26 metres across and used a natural rock scarp as its north-east perimeter before an active quarry removed the site completely before 2005.
On a shelf of rock-outcrop on the N-facing slope of a broad E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 26m) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.8-4.5m; H 0.1-0.4m). A natural scarp of rock-outcrop (H 1.25-1.7m) is used as the perimeter N-E and there is an active quarry c. 50m to the NE. There is no visible entrance. It was completely removed before 2005 (OSI images).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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