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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcash

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcash is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilcash, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures about thirty-one metres across and sits towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope of Moydow Hill. An earth and stone bank defines the east, south and north edges, while a one-metre scarp marks the remainder. A grass-covered trench crosses the interior from east to west, and Cashel lies about one hundred and twenty metres to the southwest.
Towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope of Moydow Hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.1m NNE-SSW; 28.7m WNW-ESE) defined by an earth and stone bank (at SSW: Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.4m) E-S-N and by a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but a grass-covered trench (Wth c. 5m; D c. 0.5m) crosses the interior E-W. Cashel (RO042-019001-) is c. 120m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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