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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.)

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a D-shaped grass-covered area on the crest of a northwest-southeast ridge overlooking a valley to the southwest. A grass-covered stone spread about two metres wide and a slight scarp define its perimeter, while a field wall crosses the site and another rath lies about 155 metres to the east.
On the crest of a NW-SE ridge overlooking a NW-SE valley to the SW. D-shaped grass-covered area (int. dims c. 26m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth c. 2m) with some facing-stones NE-SE, and by a slight scarp SW-NE. It is cut by the perimeter of rath (RO042-094001-) SE-SW and overlain by a NW-SE field wall, from which a field wall extends off to the NE. Rath (RO042-095----) is c. 155m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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