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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skrine

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skrine is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Skrine, County Roscommon, Ireland. The 1928 OS 6-inch map marked an oval enclosure about seventy metres east-west and fifty metres north-south on a southeast-facing slope of Skrine Hill. A separate rath sits two hundred metres to the south-southwest, while the fairy fort remains hidden beneath pasture rather than visible at ground level.
Marked only on the 1928 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (ext. dims c. 70m E-W; c. 50m N-S) defined by a bank and fosse feature, and situated on a SE-facing slope of Skrine Hill. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (RO042-084001-) is c. 200m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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