What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kellybrook (athlone North By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Kellybrook (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on the crest of a southwest-facing slope in a northwest-southeast valley. A double-faced wall defines the perimeter, while a house site marked by rock outcrop and stone walls remains at the centre. A separate hut site lies about sixty metres to the south.
On the crest of a SW-facing slope of a NW-SE valley. Circular grass-covered area (ext. diam. 35.1m NW-SE; 34.8m NE-SW) defined by the base of a double-faced wall (at ESE: Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.45m) NE-SSW with a rebuilt drystone wall on top of it elsewhere. There is no identifiable original entrance but there is a house site (RO045-044002-) (int. dims 4.2m NW-SE; 1.4-2.4m NE-SW) defined by rock outcrop and stone walls at the centre, and the interior is overlain by some grass-covered walls. Hut site (RO045-043----) is c. 60m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1432 yd
IndicatedCastle, unclassified · 1667 yd
CastleCastle, tower house · 1.2 mi
Scregg Housecountry house · 1.2 mi
Enclosure in Ballagh (athlone North By.)Enclosure · 1.2 mi
Lecarrow Millmill (water) · 1.4 mi
InchmoreIslet · 1.8 mi
InchihicleleyIslet · 2.1 mi
Blackbrink BayBay · 2.7 mi
Hangman's HillMountain / peak · 2.7 mi
St. John's WoodWood · 3.4 mi