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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bredagh (athlone South By., Rockhill Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular feature on the 1837 and 1915 Ordnance Survey maps and sits on a southeast-facing slope. The subcircular grass-covered platform measures 42.5 metres west-northwest to east-southeast and 37 metres north-northeast to south-southwest, with a slight scarp reaching 0.55 metres at the south-southwest.
Marked as a circular feature on the 1837 (diam. c. 40m) and 1915 (diam. c. 50m) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a SE-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass-covered platform (dims 42.5m WNW-ESE; 37m NNE-SSW) defined by a slight scarp (max. H at SSW 0.55m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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