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Embanked enclosure in Drumlish

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Towards the E end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 44m) defined by an overgrown and partly quarried scarp (H 0.65m at E to 1.5m at S), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5-4.2m; D 0.2-0.5m) SE-S and W-NW. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-130

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
  • Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
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  • Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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