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Fairy Castle

Passage tomb

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Fairy Castle is a passage tomb on the summit of Two Rock Mountain in County Dublin, Ireland. The flat-topped stone mound stands thirty metres across and three metres high, with two inclined kerbstones marking its north edge. A hidden passage may still lie buried beneath the cairn, waiting for someone brave enough to listen for the footsteps of the people who built it.
Situated on the summit of Two Rock Mountain. This is a roughly circular flat-topped cairn (diam.27m; H 3m). There are two inclined kerbstones on the N side, c. 3m apart. According to the ITA Survey (1945) there were indications of a passage extending NW-SE axis. This is not apparent today (Price 1940, 124; Herity 1974, 209, 257). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018
A roughly circular flat-topped cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age. Its location on a prominent mountain summit suggests ritual or funerary significance.

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