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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigan More, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight northeast-facing slope where a circular grass-covered area measures roughly thirty-nine metres across. An earthen bank with trees and an outer silted ditch define the perimeter, though no original entrance remains visible.
On a slight NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 39m NE-SW; 36.6m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with trees which is incorporated into a field bank (at SW: Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) SE-W-N, but which cannot be traced N-SE, and an outer silted ditch (at SW: Wth of top 3.3m; Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.35m) SE-SW. There is no evidence of an original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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