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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area at the bottom of a north-facing slope, defined by an earthen bank that reduces to a scarp on the interior in parts. A north-south field wall now crosses the site east of the centre, while another rath lies two hundred metres to the north.
At the bottom of a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.7m E-W; 32.3m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4.2m; H 0.1-0.2m), which is reduced to a scarp down to the interior (H 0.4m) SE-W-NW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but it is overlain by a N-S field wall E of the centre. Rath (RO042-058----) is c. 200m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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