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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rusheen (boyle By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rusheen (boyle By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rusheen (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a D-shaped grass-covered area defined by an earthen bank that reduces to a scarp and is truncated by a stream at the southeast. The site sits in a low-lying position just north of the water and appears only on the 1914 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible fosse or entrance remains.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a low-lying position, just N of a SW-NE stream. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1m) NW-E, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2-1m) SW-NW and truncated by the stream at SE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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