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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownaskeagh (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownaskeagh (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaskeagh (roscommon By., Ogulla Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west edge of a broad low rise as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 42 metres east-west and 37 metres north-south. An earthen bank surrounds the centre, separated by a flat-bottomed fosse from an outer flat-topped bank and an outer fosse visible as a band of reeds. The entrance appears at the southeast through gaps in both banks with a causeway across the inner fosse, though the outer defences are absent south-southwest and the inner bank has been quarried southwest to west.
At the W edge of a broad low rise. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 42m E-W; 37m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 1.3-1.9m) separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7-8m; Wth of base 2.5-4m; D 0.8-1.1m generally to 1.9m at N) from an outer flat-topped bank (Wth of base 4-7m; Wth of top 1.5-3m; H 0.3-0.8m) and an outer fosse visible as a band of reeds (Wth 2-3.5m). The entrance through the inner (Wth 2.5m) and outer (Wth 10.7m) banks is at SE with a causeway (Wth 5m) through the inner fosse. The outer bank and fosse are absent S-SW, and the inner bank has been quarried SW-W (max. ext. diam. 68m E-W; 64m N-S). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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