What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Galeybeg, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a northwest-southeast ridge and measures roughly thirty-four metres across its longest axis. A grass-covered earthen bank and hedge surround the interior, while an outer rounded fosse cuts into the ground beyond the entrance at the east-southeast. Another rath lies one hundred and five metres to the west-southwest.

At the crest of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (dims 34.4m NE-SW; 28.4m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (at SW: Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.35m) which is incorporated into a field bank with outer facing stone N-ESE, and an outer rounded fosse (at SW: Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.35m) SE-WNW. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at ESE. Rath (RO042-108----) is c. 105m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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