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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortanure, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an oval grass-covered area on a north-facing knoll, measuring 26 metres northeast-southwest and 19.5 metres northwest-southeast. An earthen bank, 3.5 to 4.2 metres wide, defines the perimeter except where removed southeast-southwest, while a two-metre entrance faces east-northeast. Remnants of a northwest-southeast field wall still bisect the interior.
On a knoll on a N-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 26m NE-SW; 19.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.3-1.4m), which is removed SE-SW. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 2m) is at ENE. The interior is bisected by the remnants of a NW-SE field wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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