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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moyglass (ballintober North By., Ballygarden Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular area on the crest of a low ridge and is defined by an overgrown earthen bank. The structure includes an outer fosse partly filled with spoil, while the original entrance remains unidentified.
On the crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 33.6m N-S; 29.6m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.3-5.2m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0.5m generally to 1.8m at E) that has been reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) N-E, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.8m; Wth of base 3.1m; D 0.3m at N to 0.8m at E) W-N-E which is partly filled with spoil. The original entrance is not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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