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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Feamore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Feamore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Feamore, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a slight north-south ridge on the west side of Feamore Hill. A circular grass-covered area forty metres wide remains inside an eroded earthen bank, outer fosse and partial external bank. A field wall now cuts through the centre, leaving fewer features visible to the northwest.
On a slight N-S ridge on the W side of Feamore Hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 40m E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank (at E: Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m) that has some bushes with an outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 5.3m; Wth of base 1.2m) NE-S-SW, and an external bank (at E: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.2m) surviving ENE-SE. There is an eroded causeway (Wth 4.3m) at SSW. The monument is bisected by a NE-SW field wall and features hardly survive NW of this. Cashel (RO048-052----) is c. 20m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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