Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilree, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Towards the bottom of a N-facing slope overlooking a W-E stream c. 50m to the N. Oval grass-covered area (dims 34.9m N-S; c. 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) S-W-NE, and a fosse (Wth of top 3.2-5.2m; Wth of base 1-1.7m; D 0.2-0.3m) SE-W-NE, but the perimeter merges into the slope NE-SE. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-057066

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