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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowmore (boyle By., Rockingham Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowmore (boyle By., Rockingham Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowmore (boyle By., Rockingham Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 30.5m north-south and 30m east-west on a gentle southeast-facing slope. A 5-6m wide earthen bank defines the perimeter with intermittently visible inner and outer facing-stones from north to east to southwest. The entrance is 2.2m wide at the east, and no visible fosse exists.
On the gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.5m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.25m at N to 0.75m at S; ext. H 0.55m at N to 1.1m at S) with intermittently visible inner and outer facing-stones N-E-SW, and a scarp down to the interior (H 0.25m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 2.2m) is at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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