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Indicarted

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicarted is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissawaddy, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 43.8m east-west and 40.5m north-south on a gentle north-facing slope. An earthen bank and shallow fosse define the boundary, though no original entrance remains identifiable. A north-south field bank and drainage works now cross the monument.
On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43.8m E-W; 40.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) SW-W, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m at S to 1.3m at N) elsewhere, and a fosse (Wth of top 6.5-7m; Wth of base 2.5-2.8m; D 0.1-0.4m) NW-SW. There is no identifiable original entrance. The monument is overlain by a N-S field bank and drains W of the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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