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Embanked enclosure in Ardconra

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of a small NE-SW ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-4.8m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 1m) S-W and a scarp (H 0.5-1m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.7m; D 0.1m) W-NW. There is no visible entrance. Earthwork (RO006-166----) is c. 25m to the WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-167

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • St Michael’s GAA Club blog; photographer not named, stmichaelsgaa.blogspot.com
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
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