What is recorded here

Fennor holds a forgotten ringfort on a north-facing slope above the Boyne, its earthen bank still drawing life from the soil after centuries of neglect. The circle measures thirty-seven to forty metres across, with a five-metre gap at the east-south-east where people once entered. Anthony Murphy’s drone revealed the buried shape in August 2020, proving that the land still remembers what human memory has lost.

Situated on a rise on a N-facing slope, c. 250m S of a NW-SE section of the River Boyne. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 37-40m) was recorded by Anthony Murphy using a drone-mounted camera during August 2020. It is defined by the positive cropmark of an earthen bank (Wth c. 2-4m) and there is an entrance (Wth c. 5m) at ESE. It is also visible on Google Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during July 2018 where a fosse is the defining feature. See the attached views courtesy of Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 9 September 2020

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fennor is a likely early-medieval defensive or habitation site, indicated by its circular enclosure and elevated position. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, reflecting their enigmatic status in both archaeological and folk contexts.

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