
What is recorded here
On a NW-facing slope of Slieve Elva at the SW extent of a large field system (CL004-016001-) and at the S end of a cluster of many cashels and enclosures. A subcircular enclosure (c. 70m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by a bank of earth and stone visible on Ordnance Survey ortho photography (2013-2018). Faunarooska Castle (CL00-016007-) lies c. 100m to the NE.
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CL004-108----.jpg Ordnance Survey ortho photo (2013-2018)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 20 April 2021
A subcircular early-medieval ringfort (rath) located on a slope of Slieve Elva, associated with a field system and nearby cashels. Local tradition links such sites to fairy dwellings, with some folklore suggesting they were homes of the "Good People" or portals to the Otherworld.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Faunarooska Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 145 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 161 yd
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FaunarooskaCave · 739 yd
PollbailinyCave · 944 yd
Balliny CaherRuins · 1292 yd
Slieve ElvaMountain / peak · 1295 yd
Fanore BeachBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
Crumlin Church (in Ruins)Church · 2.1 mi
OughtdarraCliff · 3.0 mi
Site of Lisdoonvarna CastleCastle, tower house · 3.8 miOther information
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