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Black Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Map note: The map marks Black Fort as a fairy fort or earthen ringfort around Garryduff, County Mayo, Ireland. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA078-018

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Michael Dibb, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • John D. Reigh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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