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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghamuck

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghamuck is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghamuck, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a north-facing slope as a subcircular grass-covered area measuring 54.8 metres north-south and 48.4 metres east-west. An earthen bank and surrounding fosse define the boundary, though no original entrance remains identifiable.
On a N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 54.8m N-S; 48.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.8m) SE-W-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.1m) elsewhere, and a fosse (Wth of top 7.5-8m; Wth of base 3.5-4m; D 0.2m at N to 0.4m at S) S-W-NE. There is no identifiable original entrance (max. ext. diam. 69m N-S). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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