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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Scregg (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight north-facing slope as a D-shaped grass-covered area measuring 43.7 metres east-west and about 20 metres north-south. An earthen bank and outer rounded fosse define most of the perimeter, though an east-west road wall truncates the northern edge. Another rath lies approximately 200 metres to the south.
On a slight N-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area with some scrub (dims 43.7m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at ESE: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.15m) and an outer rounded fosse (at ESE: Wth of top 6.8m; Wth of base 2.2m; D 1m) E-S-W, which is truncated at N by an E-W road wall. Rath (RO042-167----) is c. 200m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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