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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolaphubble, County Roscommon, Ireland. The site appears as a circular feature about forty metres across on the 1837 and 1915 Ordnance Survey maps and occupies the bottom of a gentle south-south-east facing slope. Faint traces of a grass-covered circle measuring forty-two metres remain, bordered by a shallow bank five metres wide and ten centimetres high. Another rath lies one hundred and eighty metres to the west-north-west.
Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the bottom of a gentle SSE-facing slope. There are slight traces of a circular grass-covered area (diam. 42m NE-SW) defined by slight traces of a bank (Wth c. 5m; H 0.1m). Rath (RO042-034----) is c. 180m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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