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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Greyfield

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Greyfield is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Greyfield, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. A fosse and scarp define its boundary, but no entrance remains visible.
On the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered but poached area (dims 22m ENE-WSW; 18m NNE-SSW) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; int. D 0.9m; ext. D 0.05-0.5m) E-NW, and a scarp (H 0.3-0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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