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Embanked enclosure — Rathmore (roscommon By., Creeve Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2-5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1-1.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.1-5.4m; Wth of base 2.5-3.5m; D 0.7-1.5m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.1-4.3m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m), which is incorporated into a field bank SW-N-E. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 3m) and outer (Wth 2.6m) banks, but no causeway, at SE. Both banks and the fosse are overgrown (max. ext. dims 53.5m E-W; 51.8m N-S). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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