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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Feevagh More

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Feevagh More is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Feevagh More, County Roscommon, Ireland. Aerial photographs show a circular grass-covered area about forty metres wide, defined by a hedge and partially covered by a field wall running west-northwest to east-southeast along the southern edge. The site occupies a shelf on a south-facing slope, where dense scrub south of the field wall hides the surviving base of a wall with facing stones and spill at the southwest.
Visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: V208 77-4) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a hedge and overlain by a WNW-ESE field wall towards the perimeter at S. Situated on a shelf on a S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but S of the field wall at S, in dense scrub, the base of a wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.4m) with facing-stones and spill survives at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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