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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boughilbo

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No visible trace remains of the Boughilbo ringfort, though a 1923 map marked a twenty-metre embankment on the steep slope. The earth has been levelled into pasture, erasing the boundary between human history and fairy tale. What was once a defended home or marker has become invisible, leaving only the memory of a circle drawn in soil.
In reclaimed pasture, on steep SE-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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