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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonshee

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonshee is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonshee, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as a vegetation mark on aerial photographs and occupies a gentle south-facing slope. A circular grass-covered area measuring twenty-four metres across is defined by a band of parched vegetation three to four metres wide. Another rath lies forty metres to the northwest.
Visible as a vegetation mark on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M, 661-2) and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 24m) defined by a band of parched vegetation (Wth 3-4m). Rath (RO017-179----) is c. 40m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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