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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrownurlar (roscommon By. )

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a SW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (dims 37m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.2-0.55m; ext. H 0.3-1.1m) at SW and WNW-ESE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.25m at W to 1m at S) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m at NE to 3m at W; D 0.15-0.4m) W-N-SE. A field bank and drain circumscribe the perimeter at S. Enclosure (RO016-132----) is c. 200m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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