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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Termon

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On flat ground overlooking the S bank of the W-E Boyle River, which is c. 180m distant at its closest point, and within Boyle town. Subcircular platform (dims 29m N-S; 27m E-W), which spans three back-gardens, defined by a scarp (H 1m at N to 1.9m at W), but much of the central part was removed in 1974 (SMR file) and only the perimeter E-W, and an arc of the perimter at N remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-067

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ivanrlynn at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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