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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrownaglearagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west end of a low east-west drumlin ridge as a circular grass-covered area measuring twenty-seven point two metres north-south and twenty-five point eight metres east-west. A scarp one point zero five to one point five metres high defines the perimeter, while a rectangular depression at the southwest interior may mark a man-made underground passage. Another rath lies twenty metres to the northwest.
At the W end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27.2m N-S; 25.8m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.05m at N to 1.5m at W), with spoil on the perimeter at N. There is no visible fosse or entrance. A rectangular depression (dims 7m NE-SW; 3.5-4m NW-SE; D 0.5m) in the interior at SW may be a Man-made underground passage (RO017-127002-). Rath (RO017-195----) is c. 20m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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