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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumdaff (ballintober South By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumdaff (ballintober South By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumdaff (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle SE-facing slope as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 51.4m east-west and 46.5m north-south. An earthen bank 4.5-7m wide and an outer rounded fosse 7.5-8m across at the top define the perimeter, while a 3m entrance faces southeast.
On a gentle SE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 51.4m E-W; 46.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-7m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m) and outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 7.5-8m; Wth of base 2.4-4.2m; D 0.3-0.5m). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at SE (max. ext. dims 67m E-W; 63m N-S). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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