What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinafad, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the north end of a low ridge and measures 46 metres north-south by 33 metres east-west. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the oval area, while an outer fosse has been re-cut into a drain and pond. A modernised entrance opens at the southeast, and Rath lies 210 metres to the south.

At the N end of a low N-S ridge, on the gentle E-facing slope. Oval area (dims 46m N-S; 33m E-W) used as a garden, defined by an overgrown flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 5.3-7.5m; Wth of top 1.4-3.2m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 1-1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2m) incorporated into a field bank NNW-NE, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4-6.2m; Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.6-1m) which is re-cut as a drain and pond S-W. There is a modernised entrance (Wth 4m) at SSE. Rath (RO029-124----) is c. 210m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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