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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange More is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grange More, County Roscommon, Ireland. The site occupies the crest of an east-west ridge and presents as a grass-covered platform measuring thirty-four metres east-west and thirty-two and a half metres north-south. A slight scarp between zero point three and zero point five metres high defines the circular boundary of this remaining earthwork.
On the crest of an E-W ridge. Described as a circular area (diam. 31m E-W) defined by a defaced earthen bank, with traces of a fosse W-N (Gannon 1972). It is now a grass-covered platform (diam. 34m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.3-0.5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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