What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinderry, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a slight east-west ridge and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring 37 metres east-west and 34 metres north-south. An earthen bank, hedge and outer fosse define much of the perimeter, although a scarp replaces the bank and the fosse disappears elsewhere. A 1.8-metre-wide entrance opens at the south-southwest, while grass-covered quarries lie outside the bank to the east-southeast and south-southeast.

On the crest of a slight E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.2m at E to 4.7-5.5m generally; int. H 0.3m at E to 0.7-0.8m generally; ext. H 1.7-1.9m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 6-6.5m; Wth of base 1.8-2.6m; D 0.4-0.6m) NNE-S-NW, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and the fosse is missing elsewhere. The entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at SSW, and there are grass-covered quarries outside the bank ESE-SSE. Rath (RO035-017----) is c. 50m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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