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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullyval, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 26m east-west and 25.5m north-south on the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. A scarp rises from 0.2m at the south to 1.35m at the east, while a hedge runs north-south along the west and northwest. A field wall borders the south, a farmyard occupies the north, and Rath lies 220m to the west.
Towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 26m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m at S to 1.35m at E), which is incorporated into a N-S hedge W-NW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but there is an E-W field wall to the S and a farmyard to the N. Rath (RO004-042----) is c. 220m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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