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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Behy (boyle By., Ballyformoyle Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered platform measures 33.5m north-south and 32m east-west, with a 0.6-0.8m scarp on the east, south and northwest sides and a field bank elsewhere. It sits toward the bottom of the south-facing drumlin slope, has no visible fosse or entrance, and appears faintly as a 40m circular enclosure on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map. Rath lies about 120m to the southeast.
Marked faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated toward the bottom of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered but poached platform (diam. 33.5m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) E-S-NW, and a field bank elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO004-042----) is c. 120m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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