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Fairy fort / ringfort in Bellewstown (duleek Upper By.)

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Moss and mystery swallow the rest. What remains is a circular shadow in the grass, waiting for rain or memory to reveal its edges.
Identified on OS (1995) aerial photography as a double-ditched, sub-circular enclosure. Local tradition of fort on the site (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13/03/2012

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