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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardmore (frenchpark By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardmore (frenchpark By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardmore (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of the western end of a low ridge stretching west-northwest to east-southeast. A circular grass-covered platform rises above a shallow fosse and outer bank, though the southeastern perimeter is now quarried. The structure may instead be a ring-barrow.
On the crest of the W end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 27.5m N-S; 26m E-W; H 0.6-1m) defined by a fosse (Wth of base 4.4-6.5m; D 0.3-0.7m) and an outer bank (Wth 3-4m; H 0.3-0.6m), which is incorporated into a field bank NW-NE (ext. diam. c. 45m). The perimeter is quarried at SE. It may be a ring-barrow. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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