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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annagh (boyle By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annagh (boyle By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Annagh (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped grass-covered area at the crest of a NE-facing slope overlooking the W end of Lough Meelagh. The site measures 35m NE-SW and 29m NW-SE, with a slight scarp, bank traces and fosse, but no visible entrance. Two promontory forts lie within 200m to the NE and ESE.
At the crest of a NE-facing slope overlooking the W end of Lough Meelagh, the shore of which is c. 60m to the NE. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims. 35m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.5m) N-S, with slight traces of a bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) and fosse (Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m) S-SW. There is no visible entrance, and the site is truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW. Promontory fort (RO003-008----) is c. 140m to the NE and promontory fort (RO003-091----) is c. 200m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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