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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockcroghery is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockcroghery, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a short ridge with outcropping rock and retains a thirty-three-metre earthen bank beside a field wall. Archaeological testing nearby uncovered a small hearth, while another rath lies one hundred and eighty metres to the southeast.

Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), and situated at the crest of the N end of a short NNW-SSE ridge with outcropping rock. Described as a subcircular area (dims 39m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Gannon 1972). An arc (C 33m) of an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.8m) NE-S survives SE of a NE-SW field wall. A hearth (diam. 0.6-0.7m) was found in archaeological testing (02E0616) c. 75m to the NW (Morahan 2004a). Rath (RO042-064----) is c. 180m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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