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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycummin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a gentle SE facing slope, in undulating pasture. The monument is partially masked by dense scrub vegetation. A circular area (diam. c. 30m) is enclosed by an internal bank, a partially surviving external bank and a partially surviving intervening fosse. The internal bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m; Wth 1.1m) is evident for all of its circuit. There is a gap at NE (Wth 1.8m), and one at S (Wth 1.8m) which has a stone facing on the NE side. The fosse (Wth 1.1m) is evident from N to W and from ESE to SSE. The external bank (ext. H 0.1m; int. H 0.1m; Wth 0.5m) is evident from N to W and from ESE to SSE. The interior slopes down gently to the SE. There is a grassed-over hummock of stones (diam. 3m E-W; H less than 0.5m) in the NE quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 27 March 2013

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