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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indicated
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymore East OR Corbally,ballymore West, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered area sits towards the top of a west-facing slope, defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse without a visible entrance. A north-south field bank and townland boundary truncate the western edge, while two other raths stand nearby to the east and south.
Towards the top of a W-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 20.5m N-S; c. 13m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) NW-SW, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.3m; ext. D 0.4m) NW-NE. There is no visible entrance. The interior is quarried, except against the bank NW-E, and the site is truncated by a N-S field bank and townland boundary with Ballymore West at W (L 14.5m). Rath (RO009-005002-) is c. 55m to the ENE and rath (RO009-006----) is c. 180m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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