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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathnaglye

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathnaglye is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathnaglye, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits towards the top of the south-facing slope of a slight east-west ridge projecting east from Rathcroghan. A circular grass-covered area, about thirty-eight metres across, is defined by an earthen bank two and a half to three and a half metres wide. A three-metre entrance opens at the north, and a widened entrance appears at the west-southwest.
Towards the top of the S-facing slope of a slight E-W ridge that projects E from Rathcroghan. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.7m ENE-WSW; 34m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7-8m N-E to 1.2m S-W). There is no visible fosse, but there is a grass-covered quarry outside the perimeter at NE. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at N, and a widened entrance at WSW. Rath (RO022-098----) is c. 80m to the NW and ringfort (RO022-100----) is c. 250m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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