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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ardconra

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ardconra is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ardconra, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the north end of a steep-sided ridge and presents a circular grass and scrub-covered area about fifty metres across. Drystone wall foundations, one point six to two metres wide, still mark the boundary although no entrance remains visible.
At the N end of a steep-sided NE-SW ridge with SW-NE streams c. 100m to the NW and SE. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. c. 50m) defined by the foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 1.6-2m; int. H 0.05-0.1m; ext. H 0.5m generally to 1.25m at W). There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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