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Indicated

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Indicated
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Indicated is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Roxborough, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area about 45 metres wide on a north-west-facing karst slope, bounded by a low stone-covered scarp. A rectangular house site with a south-facing entrance lies 16 metres to the north-west, while Cashel stands 130 metres to the east-north-east.
On a NW-facing slope of a karst landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a stone-covered scarp (H 0.5m). 16m to the NW is a rectangular house site (RO035-092004-) (int. dims 6m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread, with an entrance (Wth 1.4m) towards the S end of the SE wall. Cashel (RO035-092002-) is c. 130m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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