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HILLTOP ENCLOSURE & INAUGURATION SITE OF THE O'NEILLS: TULLAGHOGE FORT in Ballymully Glebe

HILLTOP ENCLOSURE & INAUGURATION SITE OF THE O'NEILLS: TULLAGHOGE FORT

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HILLTOP ENCLOSURE & INAUGURATION SITE OF THE O'NEILLS: TULLAGHOGE FORT in Ballymully Glebe is a hilltop enclosure & inauguration site of the o'neills: tullaghoge fort in Ballymully Glebe, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HILLTOP ENCLOSURE & INAUGURATION SITE OF THE O'NEILLS: TULLAGHOGE FORT. Recorded period: MED/L.MED; E.CHRIST.; POST-MED. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Tullaghoge Fort in Ballymully Glebe is a hilltop ringfort associated with the O’Neills, likely dating to the early medieval period, and served as a site of inauguration for the Gaelic dynasty. It is linked to local folklore surrounding the magical and political significance of hilltop forts in Irish tradition.

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