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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corgarrow, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a drumlin and forms a circular grass-covered area twenty-nine metres across. An overgrown earthen bank surrounds the centre, while a narrow outer ditch cuts through the northwest edge. A two-metre-wide entrance opens toward the east, and another rath lies one hundred and fifty metres to the southwest.
On top of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1m), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 3m; D 0.4m) at NW. The entrance (Wth 2.2m) is at E. Rath (RO017-168----) is c. 150m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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