What is recorded here

Brandy Bush Fort is a faded oval in County Laois, perhaps eighty-six metres long, where a low bank and northern scarp still outline a chamber that humans may have crowded or fairies may have danced. It was ploughed in 1855, reducing a named fort to a shallow suggestion beneath farm traffic. What remains is not a monument but a rhythm: a wide, flat pulse in the ground, large enough to swallow a village memory and quiet enough to be forgotten by noon.

An oval-shaped area (dims. c. 86m N-S, 64m E-W) defined by a very low bank at E and W, and by a scarp at N. Traces of the fosse and outer bank are visible at E, as well as the possible original entrance. No other visible surface remains. Originally known as 'the Fort of the Brake', it was ploughed in 1855 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 179-80). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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