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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Creeve (roscommon By., Rossmore Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a south-facing slope on a broad east-west ridge. A subcircular grass-covered area measures thirty point nine metres north-south and twenty-seven point six metres east-west. An earthen bank surrounds the space, incorporates into an overgrown field bank northeast to southeast, and leaves entrances at the south and west.
At the crest of the S-facing slope of a broad E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 30.9m N-S; 27.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.5m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 1.3-1.5m) which is incorporated into an overgrown field bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) NE-SE. There is no visible fosse, and there are entrances at S (Wth 1.2m) and W (Wth 3.2m), while the SE quadrant had been slightly quarried. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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