What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinturly (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on a slight south-facing slope as a circular area about thirty-five metres across, defined by two earthen banks and fosses that reach one hundred metres at their widest. The structure disappears into pasture at ground level but reappears in aerial images as a cropmark with two parched features marking its banks.

On a slight S-facing slope. Visible as a circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank NW-SE separated by a fosse from an outer bank and outer fosse (max. ext. diam. c. 100m) on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDK 71), and described as a circular area defined by two earthen banks and fosses (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level in pasture, although the cropmark of an enclosure with two defining parched features representing banks can be seen on the OSI aerial images (2005, 2010). The rath (RO041-016----) is c. 10m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 25 June 2018

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