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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonanart Beg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonanart Beg is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonanart Beg, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a broad east-west valley at the bottom of a north-facing slope. A circular grass-covered area measures about 40m east-west and 37m north-south, bounded partly by an earthen bank and partly by a scarp, though the perimeter cannot be traced from southwest to northwest. No visible entrance or ditch remains, and an east-west field wall cuts the interior south of the centre.
In a broad E-W valley, at the bottom of a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m E-W; 37m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-3.7m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4-0.5m) NNW-SE and by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.8m) SE-SW, but the perimeter cannot be traced SW-NNW. There is no visible fosse or entrance and it is cut by an E-W field wall S of the centre. A fragment of a relict field bank is attached to the perimeter at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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