Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellaneeny

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

At the N end of a slight N-S ridge. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 32m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by a stone spread over an earthen core (Wth 4.5-5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.3-0.8m) N-E-S, surviving best at NE but reduced to a scarp (max. H 0.4m) S-W-N. There is no visible fosse, but the stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at SE and there is a clearance cairn just E of the centre. The monument is bisected by a N-S field wall. It was extant until at least 2005 (OSAP) but it has been removed since then.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO051-024

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Field system in BellaneenyField system · 258 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

Explorer Tom Field system in Bellaneeny has caught my eye in Bellaneeny, County Roscommon. I bet a field system with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

Stoup (present location) in BellaneenyStoup (present location) · 546 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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