What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bumlin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bumlin, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 46 metres north-south and contains an earthen bank 5.5 to 6 metres wide with internal heights of 0.2 to 0.3 metres and external heights of 0.4 metre. A fosse remains beside the bank, reaching 5 metres across its top, 2.2 to 2.6 metres across its base and 0.4 metre deep. Another enclosure stands 150 metres north-northwest of this site.
Just off the crest at the S end of a slight NW-SE ridge, on the E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 46m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) and the remains of a fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2.2-2.6m; D 0.4m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Enclosure (RO029-032----) is c. 150m to the NNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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