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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumlion

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drumlion is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumlion, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on top of a drumlin and forms a D-shaped grass-covered area measuring 31.5 metres east-west and about 20 metres north-south. An earthen bank runs from the northeast to the east-southeast, while a scarp rises from the west-northwest to the north. A band of rushes marks the fosse at the northwest and northeast-east, and a 3.6-metre-wide entrance opens toward the east-northeast.
On top of a drumlin. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31.5m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-4.7m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) NE-ESE and a scarp (H 0.2m to 0.9m at NW) WNW-N, but the perimeter cannot be seen elsewhere. A fosse is visible as a band of rushes (Wth 2m) at NW and NE-E, and the entrance (Wth 3.6m) is at ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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