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Boytons Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Boytons Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooncosker, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a south-facing drumlin slope and measures thirty-one metres across. An earthen bank defines the circular grass-covered area, though a field bank and drain now cut through the north-west perimeter.
At the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m NE-SW) defined by a earthen bank (Wth 4.6m at SW to 5.1m at NE; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) NE-E-SW which cannot be traced elsewhere. A NE-SW field bank and drain truncate what was probably the perimeter of the site at NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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