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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight north-south ridge in an undulating landscape. A flat-topped earthen bank surrounds a circular grass-covered area, while a small quarry marks the south-east perimeter. Rath lies approximately fifty metres to the west.
On a slight N-S ridge in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.4m WSW-ENE; 25.7m NNW-SSE) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (at WSW: Wth 4.5-5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m) and slight traces of a fosse SSE-W-N. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 1-1.25m) N-SSE and there is a small quarry on the perimeter at SE. Gannon (1972) recorded a possible enclosure (RO048-065002-) just to the NW which is not visible now. Rath (RO048-186----) is c. 50m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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