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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Leitrim (frenchpark By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Leitrim (frenchpark By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Leitrim (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped grass-covered area towards the top of a NE-facing slope, defined by stone wall foundations with facing stones. A small hut-site survives inside the perimeter at the NE, while a NW-SE stone wall truncates the SW edge. Rath lies about 100m to the E.
Towards the top of a NE-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (int. dims 35m NW-SE; 9.5m NE-SW) defined by the foundations of a stone wall with facing stones (Wth 1.7m) NW-ESE. The site is truncated by a NW-SE stone wall at SW and does not survive SW of this, apart from bands of boulders or spoil (Wth 3m) ESE-SE and SSW-NNW (int. diam. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 35m NW-SE). A hut-site (RO016-069002-) (ext. diam. 3.8m; int. diam. 3m) defined by a wall footing (Wth 0.3m) survives inside the perimeter at NE. Rath (RO015-037001-) is c. 100m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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