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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooninisclin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clooninisclin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooninisclin, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest at the north end of a northwest-southeast drumlin ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring thirty-four metres north-south and thirty-two metres east-west. A scarp rising from zero point three to one point seven metres and a slight eight-metre-wide bank define most of the perimeter, while a northeast-southwest field wall truncates the southeast edge. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains.
On the crest at the N end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at N to 1.7m at S) SSE-W-NE with a slight bank (Wth 8m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m) WSW-WNW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance and the perimeter is truncated slightly by a NE-SW field wall at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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