What is recorded here
Located at the N end of Red Island in the Faymore River estuary.
This monument is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (25-30m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE), named ‘Fort’ . It is not shown on later map editions, and is not visible in current aerial mapping.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 April 2019
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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