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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kildalloge

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kildalloge is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kildalloge, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area measures 34.7 metres east-west and 34 metres north-south at the northern edge of a plateau. A slight scarp runs northeast-southwest, while faint traces of a bank and outer fosse remain at the south. Field banks once cut through the northern and western edges but have since been removed.
At the N edge of a plateau. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34.7m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2-0.3m) NE-SW with slight traces of a bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.1m) and outer fosse (Wth c. 4m) at S. It is truncated by an E-W field bank, now removed, at N and a N-S field bank, also removed, at W. Archaeological testing (01E0564) c. 95m to the E failed to produce any related material (Read 2003e). Rath (RO023-171001-) is c. 120m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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