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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gilltown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated at the crest of a steep N-facing slope down to the W-E River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne, with the river c. 330m to the N. The cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a single fosse feature (int. diam. c. 45m; ext. diam. c. 60m) is visible on an OSI aerial image (OS8, 1863). It was first identified by Tom Condit in 2013. See the attached aerial image courtesy of Oliver and Noel Murphy, taken in July 2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 August, 2018

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