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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnamucka, County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular monument is about 30m wide, has a 2.1m earthen bank at the north and a 0.5m scarp at the south, and is cut by a north-south field bank. Another rath is 210m to the east-southeast.
On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular rush and scrub-covered area (diam. 30m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) N-E-S, and by a scarp (at S: H 0.5m) which is frequently obscured by field spoil elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the monument is bisected by a N-S field bank. Rath (RO023-160----) is c. 210m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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