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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Corrabeg

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Corrabeg is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Corrabeg, County Roscommon, Ireland. The oval site occupies a southwest-facing slope and contains a grass-covered area forty-two metres and thirty centimetres long by thirty metres wide. A five-to-eight-metre-wide earth-and-stone spread surrounds the centre, while a thin stone wall remains visible along the top edge. The northeast boundary shows an eleven-by-three-metre quarried section, but no original entrance is identifiable.
On a SW-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (int. dims 42.6m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered earth and stone spread (Wth 5-8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m-1m) with the remains of the stone spread of a wall (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) on top. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the perimeter is quarried (dims 11m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW) at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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