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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlestrange

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlestrange is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlestrange, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the bottom of an east-facing slope as a circular grass-covered area measuring thirty-six point eight metres east-west and thirty-six point five metres north-south. A slight earthen bank and complete rounded fosse define the perimeter, while an east-west field bank and drain now cross the interior just south of the centre. No original entrance remains identifiable.
At the bottom of an E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36.8m E-W; 36.5m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) at S and a complete rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.7-9.2m; Wth of base 2.7-4.7m; int. D 0.3-0.5m; ext. D 0.1-0.2m). There is no identifiable original entrance and the interior is overlain by an E-W field bank and drain just S of the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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