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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 circular grass-covered area towards the bottom of a southwest-facing slope and on a golf course fairway. An earthen bank and outer fosse define the perimeter, while a three-metre entrance causeway appears at the southeast. A ditch-barrow sits approximately thirty metres to the northeast.
Towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope, and on a fairway of a golf course. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 46.2m N-S; 43.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7-7.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.3-0.4m) NW-ESE, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 7.8-8.3m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.2m at N to 0.5m at S) NNW-E-WSW. There is an entrance causeway (Wth 3m) at SE (max. ext. diam. 62m N-S). Ditch-barrow (RO029-151----) is c. 30m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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