What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballybride, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise in a low-lying landscape and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring 44.8m north-south and 42.9m east-west. An earthen bank with bushes runs from NNW to ESE while a rounded fosse circles the remaining edge. A four-metre causeway opens at ESE and a field bank with hedge truncates the outer fosse at the south.

On a rise in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44.8m N-S; 42.9m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.2-5.4m; int. H 0.25-0.35m; ext. H 0.85-1.5m) NNW-ESE, and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 3.2-5m; Wth of base 1.5m; int. D 0.2-0.5m; ext. D 0.2-0.45m) NE-S-NW. There is a causeway (Wth 4m) at ESE, and the outer edge of the fosse is truncated at S by an E-W field bank and hedge. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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