Embanked enclosure in Legan, fairy fort in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On the W-facing slope of a NNE-SSW ridge overlooking Kiglass Lough, c. 600m to the W. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 53m NE-SW; 46m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) ESE-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) SW-NW and incorporated into a field bank and hedge (at NE: Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.3m) NW-ESE. The perimeter is accompanied by a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 5.4m; Wth of base 2m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 0.6m) SE-S-NW. There is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at NE, and rath (RO024-011----) is c. 65m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO024-010

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Gaelic Athletic Association official website; individual photographer not stated (Kevin Egan wrote article), www.gaa.ie
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Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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