Dotted outline in Rawleystown, fairy fort in County Limerick

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Recorded in 1840 as following; 'on the summit of a hill called by the natives Knockroe, are slight traces of the circle of a Caher or circular stone fort; but all the large stones were carried away and the circle itself is so indistinct that I could not ascertain its diameter or thickness of the wall' (OSL, Cahercorney Parish). Caher or stone fort described in the Ordnance Survey name Books as a 'circular stone fort, about 120 links [24m] in diameter. The breadth of the wall seem to have been 10 links [2m]. All the large stones were taken away, and nothing remains but the foundation of the wall' (OSNB, Cahercorney Parish). Stone fort described in 1943 as following; 'This was a circular stone fort surrounded by a fosse. The entrance seems to have been on the east side where there is a causeway across the fosse. The latter is mainly rock-cut. The rampart is very collapsed and none of its facing stones remain in position. Its overall diameter is 150' [46m]. It is the centre of an extensive system of ancient field fences which run in many directions over the hill' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 183). The outline of the monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI023-081

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