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Embanked enclosure in Faus

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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At the NE end of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 34.5m N-S; 33.5m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3-3.6m; int. H 0.2-0.45m; ext. H 0.55-0.8m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.2m) S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance, but an ENE-WSW field bank and drain overlie the monument towards the perimeter at N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-044

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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