What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellanamullia (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures roughly 31 metres east-west and 29 metres north-south, with an earthen bank reaching 0.8 metres in external height. A rounded fosse surrounds the west, north and south sides, while the bank reduces to a scarp on the southwest and no original entrance remains identifiable.
On a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) with some trees and a rounded fosse (at E: Wth of top 3.6m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.4m) W-N-S. The bank is reduced to a scarp S-W and there is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-040----) is c. 30m to the NE, and settlement (RO029-144----) is c. 100m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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