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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Ardlougher is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Ardlougher, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a circular grass-covered area thirty-two metres across, defined by a low stone spread three to four metres wide and lacking visible facing stones. A one-and-a-half-metre entrance opens at the south, while a smaller stone-spread hut-site or quarry sits on the eastern perimeter. The whole structure rests on a small spur running northeast from another rath, overlaying its outer edge.
On a small spur running NE from rath (RO017-028001-) and overlying its outer perimeter. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 32m NW-SE; 30.3m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3-4m; H 0.1-0.5m) with no visible facing stones. There is an entrance (Wth 1.3m) at S, and a hut-site (RO017-028003-) (int. dims 4.6m E-W; 3.8m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2-3m; H 0.3m) or a quarry is on the perimeter at SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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