What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Boghtaduff, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight east-facing slope where a circular grass-covered area reaches twenty-two metres across. A thick drystone wall defines the boundary, while modern one-metre entrances appear at the east and south-southwest.
On a slight E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 22m E-W; 21.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2.7-4.1m; int. H 0.6-1.7m; ext. H 1.5-2.1m), with some outer facing stones visible at NW. There are modern entrances at E (Wth 1m) and SSW (Wth 1m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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