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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrowkeeran

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Carrowkeeran is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrowkeeran, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular site measures twenty-five metres across on a slight rise, with an overgrown stone spread three metres wide and traces of facing-stones showing the original wall was one metre fifty-five centimetres thick. A north-west to south-east field wall crosses the interior, and no original entrance remains visible.
On a slight rise in an undulating landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. 25m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth c. 3m), largely obscured with spoil but with traces of facing-stones (original Wth of wall 1.55m) at S. There is no evidence of an original entrance, and a NW-SE field wall crosses the interior. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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