What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhubert, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval overgrown area 29m E-W and 24m N-S on a gentle E-facing slope, bounded NW-NE by an earthen bank 2.5m wide with internal height 0.3m and external height 1.4m, and elsewhere by an overgrown scarp 0.9m high at S. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains, and Rath RO029-084 stands about 140m to the SSW.
On a gentle E-facing slope. Oval overgrown area (dims 29m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.4m) NW-NE and by an overgrown scarp (at S: H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-084----) is c. 140m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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