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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bodingtown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bodingtown
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Situated in the shallow valley of the SW-NE Delvin River, with a SW-NE section of the stream c. 20m to the S. It was first identified by Ivor Kenny. A circular grass-covered area (diam c. 40m) defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 5m) is visible on Bing images. It is also visible on Google Earth (2009) where it has an entrance feature at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME033-061

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Photo credits
  • C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Offdaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • jwd, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dvcireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.knowth.com
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