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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonanart Beg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonanart Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonanart Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area measures 22.7m east-west and 20.5m north-south on a NE-facing slope. A 3m-wide earthen bank defines the perimeter, though an east-west field wall truncates the southern section. A cairn of field stones sits inside the northeast boundary, while another rath lies 20m to the southwest.
On a NE-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 22.7m E-W; 20.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) which is truncated by an E-W field wall at S. There is no visible fosse, and the original entrance cannot be identified. A relict field bank approaches the perimeter at N, and there is a cairn of field stones inside the perimeter at NE. Rath (RO028-039----) is c. 20m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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