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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped grass-covered area on the crest of a northwest-southeast ridge, measuring roughly thirty-two metres east-west and twenty-eight metres north-south. A slight scarp and traces of a broad fosse define the boundary, though a road bank truncates the northern edge and a cattle crush intrudes into the interior.
On the crest of a NW-SE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 32m E-W; c. 28m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.4m) with slight traces of a fosse (Wth c. 7-10m). The monument is truncated at N by a WNW-ESE road bank (L 18m) and part of the interior is occupied by a cattle crush. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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