Discover Alone, back to main map

Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated
Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymore East OR Corbally, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of an east-west ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring twenty-six metres north-south and twenty-four point two metres east-west. A gapped earthen bank surrounds the centre, while an outer fosse and slight traces of another bank appear on the east and southeast edges. Rath sits approximately fifty metres to the west-southwest.
On top of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m N-S; 24.2m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 2.8-3m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.6-1.8m; D 0.1-0.25m) and slight traces of an outer bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.1m) E-SE. The fosse is represented by a berm (Wth 3.5m) NW-N. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO009-005002-) is c. 50m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places

Other information

Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed