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Rookery

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

At the E edge of a plateau where the ground slopes steeply down to the E. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 39m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at S to 0.9m at E), with a slight external berm (Wth 2.7-3m) WSW-NNW. There is no visible entrance, but an ice-house (RO016-157002-), consisting of a spherical brick chamber (int. diam. 2.6m) with an entrance passage (int. dims 3.3m NNE-SSW; 1.15m WNW-ESE) to the NE and the remains of its mound (diam. 15m; H 0.7-1m) occupies the NE quadrant.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-157001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
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  • PatWhelehan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Roscommon Herald; individual photographer of this image not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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