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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymaglancy, County Roscommon, Ireland. A circular grass-covered area thirty-two metres across sits on a gentle NE-facing slope, bounded by a low scarp and joined at the southeast to a smaller rectangular enclosure. Rath lies about one hundred and ten metres to the west-northwest.
On a gentle NE-facing slope on a broad plateau. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.35-0.4m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but a rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO028-174002-) (dims 10m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE) defined by scarps (H 0.2m) is attached to the perimeter at SE. Rath (RO028-170001-) is c. 110m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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