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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cartronagor

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Towards the W end of a broad E-W ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 20.5m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.7-1.1m), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.3m; D 0.3m) S-SSW. The entrance was not identified but a rectangular, grass-covered enclosure or annexe (RO016-116003-) (dims 13m N-S; 9m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) is attached at W. Roadway (RO016-116002-) extends off to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-116001

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Sawyer777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Tulsk GAA club website; individual photographer not stated, www.tulskgaa.ie
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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