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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tawnagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tawnagh is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Tawnagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a D-shaped overgrown area measuring 30.5m NW-SE and about 15m NE-SW, defined by the base of a stone wall or bank with facing-stones 1.6m wide which survives from NW to E to SE. The monument is bisected by a NW-SE field bank and does not survive above ground SW of this feature. No visible fosse or identifiable original entrance remains.
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m), and situated on an undulating landscape. This is a D-shaped overgrown area (dims 30.5m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW) defined by the base of a stone wall or bank with facing-stones (Wth 1.6m) which survives NW-E-SE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The monument is bisected by a NW-SE field bank and does not survive above ground SW of this feature. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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