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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creevaroddaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creevaroddaun stands in County Mayo, Ireland. A low earthen bank, 0.7m high, encloses a circular area 42m north-south and 44m east-west. The south exterior drops into a sharp slope, while the interior holds a linear stone mound 7m long, 1m wide and 1m high. The ringfort is levelled from northeast to west. It lies 290m southeast of the cashel MA121-052----. The shape is not a vague heap but a made boundary, with a ridge inside and a steep edge outside.
In undulating pasture, 340m E [recte 290m SE] of cashel (MA121-052----). Circular raised area (42m N-S; 44m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.7m), levelled NE to W. Sharp slope on exterior of S side. Interior contains linear stone mound (L 7m NE-SW; Wth 1m; H 1m). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 144. Date of upload: 23 December 2014

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