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Indicated

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area on rock outcrop at a hill summit, measuring roughly twenty-six metres east-west and twenty-five metres north-south. A re-built drystone wall with facing stones defines the boundary, though the southern section drops to fifteen centimetres height. The eastern entrance spans two metres, while Cashel sits approximately fifty metres to the west.
On an area of rock outcrop at the summit of a hill. Circular grass-covered area with mature deciduous trees (int. diam. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a drystone wall with facing stones which has been re-built (Wth 2.4-2.7m; int. H 0.5-1.3m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m), except at S where the wall is reduced in height (Wth 2.6m; H 0.1m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. Cashel (RO006-049----) is c. 50m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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