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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Creeve (ballymoe By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a grass-covered circular platform measuring 27.5m east-west and 25.8m north-south, defined by a low scarp 0.15-0.25m high on a gentle E-facing slope at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge. Rath (RO034-069----) is immediately to the SW, and the large enclosure (RO034-067001-) is about 30m to the NW.
On a gentle E-facing slope at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge. Described (Knox 1918a, 160-1; Gannon 1972) as a sub-triangular area with an earthen bank and outer fosse (CUCAP: AVH 69-70). This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 27.5m E-W; 25.8m N-S) defined by a low scarp (H 0.15-0.25m). Rath (RO034-069----) is immediately to the SW, and the large enclosure (RO034-067001-) is c. 30m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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