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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Corradrehid (roscommon By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Corradrehid (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corradrehid (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope of a low northeast-southwest spur. A circular earthen bank surrounds a thirty-nine by thirty-seven metre area, with an outer drain running northwest to south. Gannon recorded a southeast entrance and causeway in 1972, although no entrance is visible now.
On a gentle S-facing slope of a low NW-SE spur. Circular area (diam. 39m E-W; 37m N-S) defined by an eathen bank (Wth 2.7-3.2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1-1.2m), and an outer drain NW-S. There is no visible entrance, but Gannon (1972) recorded an entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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