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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissadorn, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the southwest end of a slight northeast-southwest ridge and contains a subcircular grass-covered area thirty-one metres across. A gapped earthen bank surrounds the interior, while an outer fosse runs from southwest through north to east. Another rath lies approximately one hundred and sixty metres to the west-southwest.
At the SW end of a slight NE-SW ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 31m) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 5-5.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2m) NW-N and SE-SSW, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5-3.6m; D 0.5m) SW-N-E that has been quarried at NW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO016-086----) is c. 160m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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