What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cummeen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cummeen, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating rough pasture and presents an approximately oval boundary formed by a two-metre-wide earthen bank. A faint three-point-three-metre-wide fosse and a smaller northern external bank accompany the main structure, while dense vegetation hides the interior dimensions and no entrance remains visible.
In undulating rough pasture. An approximately oval-shaped area (dims. unattainable due to dense vegetation) is enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H unattainable; ext. H at N 1.08m; ext. H at S 1.55m; Wth 2m), with the faint outline of a fosse (Wth 3.3m) and an external earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.15m; Wth 1.2m), which is located to the N only. There was no trace of an entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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