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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moyglass (ballintober North By., Cloonteem Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moyglass (ballintober North By., Cloonteem Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a low northern spur rising from a drumlin base. A circular grass-covered area measures about 28 metres across and contains an overgrown earthen bank, a scarp, and an intermittently visible outer fosse. A modern gap appears at the southeast edge while an east-west railway line runs immediately south.
On top of a low spur projecting N from the base of a drumlin at N. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. c. 28m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0.25-1.1m) E-N and a scarp (H 0.8) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.5m; D 0.1-0.5m) intermittently visible NW-N, at ENE and at SSE. There is a modern gap at SSE and an E-W railway line is immediately to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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