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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownolan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownolan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownolan, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area sits on a slight ridge and measures thirty-point-five metres east-west by about fifteen metres north-south. An earthen bank surrounds three sides, while a narrow field bank cuts through the middle and removes the southern part from view. A twenty-eight-centimetre gap marks the entrance at the north-north-east.
On the crest of a slight NNE-SSW ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 30.5m E-W; c. 15m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at ENE: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1m) W-N-E, with slight traces of a fosse WNW-N and ENE-E (Wth of base 2.3m). The entrance (Wth 2.8m) is at NNE. The monument is bisected by an E-W field bank, and the S part does not survive in a visible form. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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