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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Mullaghnashee

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Mullaghnashee is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Mullaghnashee, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular area reaches fifty-two metres across and contains a southeast gap that may mark an original entrance. A long depression runs west-northwest from the enclosure, possibly resulting from quarrying, while a holy well and penitential station lie three hundred metres to the east-southeast.
In level improved pasture shown as an area of outcropping rock on the OS 25-inch map and on the Cassini edition of the OS 6-inch map. Visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery as a circular area (max. diam. c. 52m) defined by the cropmark of a fosse (Wth c. 2-4m). A gap at SE (Wth c. 6m) may be the location of an original entrance. A subrectangular linear depression (L c. 40m WNW-ESE; max. Wth c. 12m) running WNW from the W sector of the enclosure may be the result of quarrying. 'Toberbreedia' holy well (RO020-013001-) and a penitential station (RO020-013002-) lie c. 300m to the ESE. See attached image: RO020-063----_01 Snip of Digital Globe aerial image. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on details provided by Anne-Karoline Distel. Date of upload: 3 August 2023

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