Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drishoge, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on level low-lying ground. D-shaped overgrown platform (dims 21m E-W; 10m N-S; H 1.15m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 3.8m; Wth of base 1.3m; D 1m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 5m; Wth of top 3.75m; ext. H 0.35m) W-N-E. The monument is truncated at S by an E-W railway line at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO011-022

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