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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cornageeha

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cornageeha is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cornageeha, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures about 36 metres across and contains foundations of a stone wall with facing stones two to two-point-two metres wide. A field wall overlays these foundations from southwest to northwest, while a possibly modern three-metre entrance appears at the east. Another rath stands approximately 180 metres to the northeast on the undulating landscape.
On a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 35.8m NE-SSW; 32.6m WNW-ESE) defined by the foundations of a stone wall with facing-stones (Wth 2-2.2m), which is overlain by a field wall SW-NNW. The entrance (Wth 3m) at E is probably modern. Rath (RO048-107----) is c. 180m to the NE. See the attached aerial image taken from the S Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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