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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonybrien

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonybrien is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonybrien, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies flat low-lying ground as a circular grass and scrub-covered area roughly 27.5 metres across. A low scarp between 0.2 and 0.8 metres high defines the edge of this slightly dished place.
On flat low-lying ground. Described as a subcircular area (dims. 26m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a wide earthen bank, with traces of a fosse at SE (Gannon 1972). It is now a circular grass and scrub-covered and slightly dished area (diam. 27.5m) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.8m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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