What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange (athlone South By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grange (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise in a low-lying landscape as a circular grass-covered area nearly 54 metres across. An earthen bank with bushes defines the perimeter, reaching its greatest height and width at the northeast, while an outer fosse cuts through the ground to the south-southwest. A narrow entrance opens at the north-northeast.
On a rise in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 54.4m NNE-SSW; 54m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (at SSW: Wth 5.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.25m) which is best preserved at NE (Wth 7.2m; int. H 2.4m; ext. H 2.3m at NE), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.55m) SSE-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.7m) is at NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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