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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boolavoord

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This is an earthen platform with a bank at its edge. Outside is a fosse. On the north and east sides the bank and fosse are quite gone. The entrance is not recognisable. The overall diameter is 150' [47m]. It is heavily overgrown with bushes and is situated in low-land marshy ground' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 223). Tree-covered monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

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