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Indicated

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Fostragh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the top of a southwest-facing drumlin slope and contains a circular grass area twenty-three metres wide. Two interrupted stone spreads and steep scarps complete its thirty-metre outline, but no entrance remains visible.
Towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 23m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.3-2m; H 0.05-0.3m) W-N-E which is not traceable elswhere. This is separated by a berm (Wth 1.4-3m) from an outer stone spread (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.2m at E) which is visible in interrupted sections W-NW and NE-E, its line being completed by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.25m) NW-NE and an outer scarp (H 0.2-0.35m) E-W (max. ext. diam. 33m E-W; 30m N-S). There are no recognisable entrances. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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