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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Woodfield, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a circular unplanted area on a drumlin within a coniferous forest. An earthen bank surrounds the site, with a drystone wall overlaying its western and northern sections. A shallow outer ditch cuts across the northeastern edge, though no entrance appears.
On top of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m), which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m), which is overlain by a drystone wall W-N. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.2-5m; D 0.2-0.6m) N-E, but no entrance is identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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