What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymacurly South is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymacurly South, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle NE-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 53m north-south and 47m east-west. A scarp rising 0.25 to 1m defines the perimeter, while a NNE-SSW relict field bank overlays the SE edge and extends south. A N-S field wall and hedge cross the interior near the west, where a fosse with a 5.7m top width and 0.65m depth marks the boundary from SW to NW.

On a gentle NE-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 53m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.25-1m). The perimeter at SE is overlain by a NNE-SSW relict field bank (Wth 1.8m; H 0.3m) which extends off to the S. The interior is overlain by a N-S field wall and hedge towards its W edge, and a fosse (Wth of top 5.7m; Wth of base 2.8m; D 0.65m) defines the perimeter W of this feature SW-NW. Man-made underground passage (035-027002-) is inside the perimeter at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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