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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballytoohey, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular enclosure about thirty-five metres across on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map, slightly cut by a field bank at the northwest. The site stands on a gentle southwest-facing slope overlooking the junction of the Feorish stream with the River Shannon, though it is no longer visible at ground level in pasture.
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) truncated slightly by a NE-SW field bank at NW on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking the junction of the Feorish stream with the River Shannon c. 350m to the SW. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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