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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (frenchpark By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowreagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle southeast-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring forty-eight and a half metres east-west and forty-six and a half metres north-south. An earthen bank defines the western and northwestern edges, while a fosse and outer bank appear on the west and northwest. No original entrance remains identifiable.
On a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 48.5m E-W; 46.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8-3m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.75m) W-NNW which is is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-0.8m) NW-E and incorporated into a field bank elsewhere. There is a fosse (Wth of base 5-5.3m; D 0.4-.6m) and outer bank (Wth 4.5m; ext. H 0.2m) W-NW, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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