What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Derrymaquirk, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a low east-west rise overlooking a section of the Boyle River approximately 350 meters to the north. The circular grass and rush-covered area measures 32 meters east-west and 29 meters north-south, bounded by an overgrown earthen bank and a complete fosse that reduces to a berm at the south. Another outer bank and fosse extend from the south toward the northwest, though no original entrance remains identifiable.

At the crest of a low E-W rise overlooking a SW-NE section of the Boyle River, which is c. 350m to the N. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.35m; int. H 0.4-0.65m; ext. H 1-1.6m) SE-WSW which is incorporated into a field bank NE-SE, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 4.8-5m; D 0.1-0.45m) which is reduced to a berm (Wth 5m) at S. There is an outer bank (at W: Wth 5.8m; ext. H 0.5m) S-NNW, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4m; D 0.2m) SW-NW, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO005-030002-) is immediately to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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