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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlecoote

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlecoote is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlecoote, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a circular feature on aerial photographs and sits on a knoll in an undulating landscape. The subcircular grass-covered area measures twenty-two point eight metres northeast-southwest and twenty point three metres northwest-southeast. A scarp rising from zero point five to one metre and a berm two to three metres wide define most of the perimeter, while a slight fosse four metres wide and zero point one metre deep cuts the northeast and southeast sections.
Visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (ASIAP (291) 20-22), and situated on a knoll in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 22.8m NE-SW; 20.3m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at SE to 1m at NW) SE-W-NE and berm (Wth 2-3m) S-W-N, with a slight fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 0.1m) NE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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