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Embanked enclosure in Smaghraan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Towards the top of the S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 40.5m N-S; 40.3m E-W) defined by a scarp with some bushes (H 0.2-0.3m), and slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 3.7m; D 0.05m) SSE-SSW. There is no identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO035-055001

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  • Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Roscommon Herald (publisher); individual photographer not named for this image, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Westmeath Independent; photographer not stated, www.westmeathindependent.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, imgur.com
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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