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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Corskeagh (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corskeagh (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The 1914 Ordnance Survey map marked a curved feature roughly fifty metres across on a low-lying level landscape. Gannon described the curve of a bank and fosse in 1972, but the site is no longer visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath RO023-134 stands about 125 metres to the northeast.
Marked as a curved feature (C c. 50m) NE-E-SW only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low-lying level landscape. Described as the curve of a bank and fosse (Gannon 1972), it is not now visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO023-134----) is c. 125m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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