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Indictaed

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Indictaed
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Indictaed is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismoyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a NW-facing slope on a broad hill and contains a circular grass-covered area measuring 38.5m NE-W and 35.6m NW-SE. A poached earthen bank and hedge define the perimeter, while an outer fosse runs along the S-W-N section and a 1.1m-wide entrance opens at the north.
At the crest of the NW-facing slope of a broad hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.5m NE-W; 35.6m NW-SE) defined by a poached earthen bank and hedge (Wth 4-4.4m; int. H 0.5-0.65m; ext. H 1.4-1.5m), with an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 4.2m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.8m) S-W-N. The entrance (Wth 1.1m) is at N, and some low scarps in the interior are the remains of an overlying field system which does not survive outside the monument. See the attached aerial image taken from the SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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