Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ross Beg, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a shelf at the W end of an E-W valley. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 33.6m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) SW-NW and a scarp (H 0.3m at E to 1.4m at N) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 3m) is at SSE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-039

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Tulsk GAA club website; individual photographer not stated, www.tulskgaa.ie
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