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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Liscolvan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the western end of a low east-west drumlin ridge as a D-shaped overgrown area roughly twenty-five metres north-south. An earthen bank and outer fosse define the north-west and north-east edges, while straight field banks form the remaining boundary. Another rath sits one hundred and forty metres to the east-north-east.
Towards the W end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. D-shaped overgrown area (dim. c 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; D 0.3-1m) NW-NE, and by straight field banks elsewhere, especially E-W at S. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO011-159----) is c. 140m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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