What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 23.5m in diameter and sits at the north edge of an east-northeast to west-southwest limestone ridge above a field system. A grass-covered stone spread 1.2 to 2m wide and about 0.45m high defines the boundary, with traces of facing stones still visible. Two entrances break the ring, one 1m wide at the southwest and one 1.6m wide at the northwest.
At the N edge of an ENE-WSW limestone ridge at the N edge of field system (RO006-091001-). Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.2-2m; H c. 0.45m) with traces of facing stones. There are entrances at SW (Wth 1m) and NW (Wth 1.6m). Identified and recorded by S. Moore in an EIS project.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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