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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Manor

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Manor is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Manor, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle NE-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring 29m east-west and 27.5m north-south. A low scarp and faint fosse mark its edge, while a road wall and field wall slightly cut the perimeter. Another rath lies about 150m to the west-southwest.
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 27.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.3m) with traces of a fosse (Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.25m) S-WNW. The perimeter is slightly truncated by an E-W road wall at N and a NNE-SSW field wall at E. Rath (RO028-144----) is c. 150m to the WSW. (Herity 1987a, fig. 27; Manor 2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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