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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Erris

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Erris is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Erris, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the south end of a low rise about 150 metres from the south shore of a bay at the southwest angle of Lough Key. A circular grass-covered area remains unplanted inside a coniferous forest, bounded partly by an earthen bank and partly by a scarp, though the perimeter cannot be traced between the northwest and north. Rath (RO006-031----) lies immediately to the northwest.
At the S end of a low rise c. 150m from the S shore of a bay at the SW angle of Lough Key. Circular grass-coverd area which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest (diam. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.45m) SW-NW and N-ESE, and a scarp (H 0.45m generally to 1m at S) ESE-SW, but the perimeter cannot be traced NW-N. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO006-031----) is immediately to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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