What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Behy (boyle By., Breedoge Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Behy (boyle By., Breedoge Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass and rush-covered area measures 51 metres across and sits on a low east-west ridge. A 7-metre-wide earthen bank surrounds the centre, while an outer ditch cuts through the southeast, west and northwest sections. A north-south field bank truncates the eastern perimeter for 30 metres, leaving no visible entrance.
On a low E-W ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 51m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 7m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1m), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 7.5m; D 0.3m-0.8m) SE-W-NW. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is truncated (L c. 30m) by a N-S field bank at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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