What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballaghabawbeg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballaghabawbeg, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures thirty-one metres north-south and thirty-point-seven metres east-west, defined by a scarp rising from zero-point-two to zero-point-six metres. It sits at the crest of a northeast-facing slope on a northwest-southeast ridge, with another rath immediately to the south. No visible fosse or original entrance remains.
Visible on aerial photograph (OSAP/4200), and situated at the crest of the NE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 30.7m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m at N to 0.6m at W). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO028-119001-) is immediately to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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