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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Not inidcated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnacroghy OR Gallowstown,ranelagh, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped grass-covered platform holds mature deciduous trees and measures 33.4 metres north-south by 17.5 metres east-west. A rounded fosse surrounds the eastern edge, while a north-south road wall cuts through the western side.
Towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered platform with mature deciduous trees (dims 33.4m N-S; 17.5m E-W; H 0.1-0.4m) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 3.7-4.1m; Wth of base 1.7-2.1m; D 0.05-0.3m) NNW-E-SSE. The monument is truncated at W by a N-S road wall and does not survive W of this. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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