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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyroddy, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope where an overgrown earthen bank and outer fosse surround a subcircular grass-covered area. The entrance appears at the southeast edge of the remains.
On a gentle S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 27.8m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m) ESE-S which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m at N to 1.5m at SW) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.5m) SSW-W. The entrance (Wth 1.1m) is at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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