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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cuiltyconway is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuiltyconway, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a low drumlin as a D-shaped grass-covered area measuring 29.5 metres north-south and 23.5 metres east-west. An earthen bank running north-northwest to south-southeast and a slight south-east to south-west scarp define the boundary, while a west field bank truncates the monument. A two-metre entrance appears at the north-east, and Rath RO011-087 stands about fifty metres to the east.
On top of a low drumlin. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 29.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2-4.1m; int. H 0.2-1.1m; ext. H 0.2-1.2m) NNW-SE and a slight scarp (H 0.1m) SE-SW. The monument is truncated by a NNW-SSE field bank at W. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 2m) is at NE. Rath (RO011-087----) is c. 50m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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