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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Commeen (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears as an oval enclosure measuring fifty by thirty metres on the 1837 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps, situated on a knoll at the bottom of a north-facing drumlin slope. The earthworks are no longer visible in reclaimed pasture, though a crannog lies one hundred and twenty metres to the east-northeast.
Marked as an oval enclosure (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N- S) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a knoll towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. Described as a roughly oval area surrounded by a very defaced earthen bank (Gannon 1972). It is not now visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Crannog (RO017-155----) is c. 120m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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