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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Boeeshil (mohill By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a S-facing slope. A circular enclosure is depicted lightly on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and it is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP 4/1028-9). This is a grass-covered circular platform (int. diam. 27m E-W; 25.6m N-S) defined by an eroded earthen bank best preserved at E: (Wth of base 10m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) and with an entrance at E. The W edge is incorporated into the townland boundary with Treanmore. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
Situated on a S-facing slope. A circular enclosure is depicted lightly on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and it is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP 4/1028-9). This is a grass-covered circular platform (int. diam. 27m E-W; 25.6m N-S) defined by an eroded earthen bank best preserved at E: (Wth of base 10m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) and with an entrance at E. The W edge is…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE032-089

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; jonleebotany, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0; SE Keenan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Reading Tom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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