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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Culleenrevagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Culleenrevagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Culleenrevagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the bottom of an east-west valley as a D-shaped grass-covered area measuring 31.6 metres east-northeast to west-southwest and 25 metres north-northwest to south-southeast. A rush-filled fosse 1.7 to 2.4 metres wide and 0.2 metre deep defines its north-east, south and west boundaries, while an east-northeast to west-southwest stream cuts the northern edge. Two other raths sit 25 metres east and 180 metres north, yet no visible entrance appears on this structure.
In the bottom of an E-W valley. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31.6m ENE-WSW; 25m NNW-SSE) defined by a rush-filled fosse (Wth 1.7-2.4m; int. D 0.2m) NE-S-W. It is cut by an ENE-WSW stream at N. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO017-207002-) is 25m to the E and rath (RO017-010----) is c. 180m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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