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Embanked enclosure in Granny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a level low-lying landscape with an ENE-WSW stream or drain c. 10m to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.4m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.2-3.6m; int. H 0.6m at E to 1.1m at SE; ext. H 1.4m) separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 8-10m; Wth of base 5-8m), which is recut as a drain SSW-N, from an outer bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.8m) WSW-N-SSW. There is no visible entrance. Mound (RO010-051----) is c. 150m to the NNW and enclosure (RO010-053----) is c. 60m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-052

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Photo credits
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
  • Breda Durr / Roscommon Herald, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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