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Indicated — Clooneigh (roscommon By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Towards the W end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 25.8m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.5m at E to1.3m at S) which is incorporated into a field bank S-SW. There is no visible fosse, and there is a modernised entrance (Wth 1.6m) at SW. Rath (RO022-128001-) is c. 300m to the E along the ridge. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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