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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular grass-covered area thirty-six to thirty-seven metres across, bordered by mature deciduous trees and a shallow outer ditch. The site sits towards the bottom of a west-facing slope, with two other raths located one hundred and twenty metres away to the southwest and southeast.
Marked as a tree-ring (diam. c. 45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36-37m) planted with mature deciduouos trees on the perimeter which is defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-3.5m; D 0.1-0.2m) W-N. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO006-099----) is c. 120m to the SW, and rath (RO006-102001-) is c. 120m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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