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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Athleague

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Athleague is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area measures about twenty metres across and sits on a rise beside the River Suck. An earthen bank and outer fosse define the perimeter, though the river and a field wall have cut through parts of the structure. No original entrance remains identifiable.
Visible as a feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 2, 4264-5), and situated on a rise of the S bank of a SE-NW section of the River Suck, which is immediately to the NE. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; D 0.15m) NE-S-SW. It is cut by the river at N and by a NNE-SSW field wall at W. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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