Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballylin East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

On a rise in undulating cleared pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 213) as a densely overgrown 'earthen fort(?)' (diam. c. 30m), lying 'within 70 ft' (c. 21m) of the site of another possible rath (GA104-029001-). There was a 'square stone structure' (GA104-029004-) in the W half of the interior. Not located. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 22 December 2016

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.