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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (boyle By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 39 metres north-south and 35.5 metres east-west at the tip of a low west-east spur. A scarp 3 metres wide and 0.3 to 0.9 metres high surrounds the site, while a 1.7-metre dip marks the south-southwest entrance. Jean Charles Caillere first reported the feature, which remains absent from standard maps but appears in satellite imagery.
Located at the tip of a low W-E spur. This is a circular, slightly raised and grass-covered area (diam. 39m N-S; 35.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth c. 3m; H 0.3m W-N to 0.7-0.9m E-S). The entrance is a dip (Wth of base 1.7m) at SSW. It is not depicted on any map but is visible on Google Earth (01/03/2010; 24/03/2017) and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. It is also faintly visible on OSI images (2005, 2012). See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2020 Amended: 8 September 2020

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