Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymacshaneboy

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

In pasture, on a very slight S-facing undulating slope, with moderate views E-W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp, lined with trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Surveyed in 1999 and described as a slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (diam. 30m) defined by a scarp with fosse (Wth 6.65m; int. D 2.1m; ext. D 0.5m) from SE-S-W-N. Interior is densely overgrown and inaccessible, appears dry and level. Scrub-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI, oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 November 2021

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