Eldons Fort, fairy fort in County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On a narrow SE-facing shoulder, just off the crest of a low hill, in mixed tillage and pasture. A small, fairly well-preserved, circular area (int. diam 16m) is defined by a low, broad, flat topped, inner earthen bank (Wth 6.7-8.3m: int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m), and a shallow outer fosse (Wth 2-2.7m; D 0.3m) NW-E-SW. A low earthen causeway (L 2.3m; H 0.2m) crossing the fosse at SE and a corresponding gap in the bank (Wth 2.2m) mark the original entrance, while an opposing gap (Wth 1.9m) in the bank at NW may be a later feature. The level interior is lightly poached by livestock.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD013-012

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
George Cruikshank, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Caragh Gaelic Football Club website; individual photographer not named, www.caraghgfc.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org

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