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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moheedian

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moheedian is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moheedian, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a D-shaped grass-covered area with a straight southern edge, an earthen bank, and a nearby Cashel. The site appears only on the 1914 Ordnance Survey map and has no visible entrance or fosse.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape. D-shaped grass-covered area with the straight edge at S (dims 20.5m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m at WSW to 7.8m at NW; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 0.8m) WSW-WNW, and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.6m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Cashel (RO016-030001-) is c. 100m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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