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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Knockadaff

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Knockadaff is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Knockadaff, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular site is 28.5m north-south and 27m east-west, with an overgrown stone spread 2.5m wide and intermittently visible facing stones. It sits on a gentle south-west-facing slope about 170m from the north bank of the River Boyle. A fragment of a disc quern was found there, but no entrance is visible.
On a gentle SW-facing slope c. 170m from the N bank of the NW-SE River Boyle. Circular grass-covered but poached area (int. diam. 28.5m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth 2.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) with intermittently visible internal and external facing stones (original Wth 1.25m). There is no visible entrance, but a fragment of a disc quern was found at the site. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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