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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Curry (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The oval grass platform measures 25 metres west-northwest to east-southeast and 19.5 metres north-northeast to south-southwest. A small ravine defines the southwest edge while a low scarp surrounds the rest. A relict field bank crosses the eastern perimeter and another rath lies fifty metres east.
At the crest of a W-facing slope of a small N-S ridge. Oval grass-covered platform (dims 25m WNW-ESE; 19.5m NNE-SSW) defined by a small ravine at SW and by a low scarp (Wth 2.5-4.5m; H 0.85-0.95m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. It is overlain by a NNW-SSE relict field bank towards the perimeter at E. (Rath (RO048-065001-) is c. 50m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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