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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Crossna, County Roscommon, Ireland. A twenty-four-metre arc of its scarp still stands in pasture, while Cashel lies one hundred and eighty metres to the northwest. The site appeared on Ordnance Survey maps in 1837 and 1914 as a thirty-metre circular enclosure at the crest of a small rise.
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of a small rise. An arc (diam. 24m) of a scarp (H 0.1-0.6m) survives N-S in pasture. Cashel (RO003-050----) is c. 180m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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