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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissergool, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a level landscape as a D-shaped grass-covered area measuring 38 metres east-west and 28 metres north-south. An earthen bank defines the perimeter, while a modern three-metre entrance opens at the south-southwest.
On a level landscape. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims. 38m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) with a slight outer fosse (at W: Wth of base 1.3m; D 0.3m) SSE-W, and a scarp (H 0.9m) E-S. The site is truncated at N by an E-W road and overlain by a N-S field bank and drain towards the perimeter at E. There is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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