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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular grass-covered area on the north-facing slope of a low hill. An earthen bank surrounds the site, with traces of a fosse on the east, south and northwest sides and a scarp elsewhere. A smaller house site sits at the centre, while two other raths lie within 200 metres to the northwest and west-southwest.

On the N-facing slope of a low hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.5m; int. H 0.5m at E to 1.5m at S; ext. H 0.7m at S to 1.5m at E) with traces of a fosse (Wth of base 3.2-4m; D 0.2-0.6m) E-S-NW, and a scarp (H 1.1-1.3m) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance, but a house site (RO006-102002-) (dims 5m E-W; c. 3.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.7m) is at the centre. Rath (RO006-098----) is c. 120m to the NW, and rath (RO006-099----) is c. 160m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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