
What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grange (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies an undulating, low-lying landscape as a circular grass and scrub-covered area measuring 33.5m NE-SW and 32.3m NW-SE. An overgrown but poached earthen bank, 3.7-4m wide with internal heights of 0.55-0.65m and external heights of 1.35-1.7m, defines the perimeter without a visible fosse. A 2.5m wide entrance opens at the southwest.
On an undulating, low-lying landscape. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 33.5m NE-SW; 32.3m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown but poached earthen bank (Wth 3.7-4m; int. H 0.55-0.65m; ext. H 1.35-1.7m) with no visible fosse. There is an entrance (Wth 2.5m) at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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