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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dergraw, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1914 Ordnance Survey map as a small feature on the west-facing slope of a drumlin. The site preserves a circular overgrown area about seventeen metres across, bounded by an eroded earthen bank three and a half to four and a half metres wide. No entrance or ditch remains visible, while Rath lies eighty metres to the east.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 15m), and situated on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 17m) defined by an eroded, gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO007-048----) is c. 80m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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