What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval area twenty-two metres east-west and sixteen and a half metres north-south within mixed woodland on a north-facing slope. A slight moss-covered stone spread two point six to three point eight metres wide and about zero point two metre high defines the boundary, with external facing stones visible especially to the east and south. A two point three metre entrance at the west is probably not original.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in mixed woodland on a N-facing slope c. 30m from the S shore of Lough Key opposite Drummans Island. Oval area (int. dims 22m E-W; 16.5m N-S) defined by a slight moss-covered stone spread (Wth 2.6-3.8m; H c. 0.2m) with some external facing stones visible, especially E-S. There is an entrance (Wth 2.3m), probably not original, at W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
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