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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnageddy, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area thirty to thirty-two metres across at the bottom of a gentle east-facing slope on Slieve Bawn. An overgrown fosse and a one-point-three-metre scarp define its boundary, while a four-metre ramp entrance opens at the north-east.
Towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope of Slieve Bawn, and on the N bank of a NW-SE section of a W-E stream. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by an overgrown fosse (Wth of top 5-5.5m; Wth of base 2-2.8m; int. D 1.3-1.6m; ext. D 0.3m) NW-E-S, and a scarp (H 1.3m) elsewhere. There is a ramp entrance (Wth 4m) at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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