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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Corlis (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low rise on a north-facing slope, forming a thirty-metre circular grass-covered area bounded by a gapped earthen bank, scarp, and outer berm. A two-metre entrance opens at the east, while Rath sits approximately one hundred and eighty metres to the northeast.
On a low rise on a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1.55-1.8m) NW-N and SE-SW, and a scarp (H 1.7m at W to 2.5m at E) elsewhere, with an outer berm (Wth 3.7-4m) at S and W-NW. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. Rath (RO011-110----) is c. 180m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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