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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bumlin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bumlin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bumlin, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle north-facing slope as an oval grass-covered area measuring fifty-five metres northwest-southeast and forty-six metres northeast-southwest. An eroded earthen bank four to eight and a half metres wide surrounds the interior, while a shallow fosse five to seven and six metres wide at the top cuts into the ground. Another rath stands about one hundred and fifty metres to the north-northeast.
On a gentle N-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 55m NW-SE; 46m NE-SW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4-8.5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.3-1m) and shallow fosse (Wth of top 5-7.6m; Wth of base 2-2.4m; D 0.2-0.3m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-030----) is c. 150m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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