What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyhubert, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle southeast-facing slope where a rounded earthen bank surrounds a circular overgrown area. An outer fosse borders the site and extends into a pond toward the northeast, while no original entrance remains visible.
On a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. 29m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a rounded earthen bank (Wth 2.4-2.6m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) and an outer fosse (at W: Wth of top 3.4m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.2m) which has been extended into a pond NNE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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