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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilmore (roscommon By., Elia Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a D-shaped grass-covered enclosure measuring 28m NW-SE and 17m NE-SW on a broad NE-SW drumlin ridge. A low scarp 0.2-0.5m high defines its NW-E-SE edge, while a WNW-ESE field bank truncates the SW. The 1837 and 1914 Ordnance Survey maps mark it as an embanked enclosure.
Marked as a D-shaped embanked enclosure on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a broad NE-SW drumlin ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 28m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) defined by a low scarp (H 0.2-0.5m) NW-E-SE, but truncated by a WNW-ESE field bank at SW. Enclosure (RO017-186----) is c. 140m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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