Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ahane (magunihy By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Ahane holds a thirty-metre circular scar on a northwest-facing slope, marked only by a faint low bank and grass. It appeared on the 1846 Ordnance Survey map as an enclosure, yet time has reduced it to a whisper in pasture. The shape suggests people once drew a line around their lives, excluding the wide world and perhaps fear itself. That boundary has softened until the land almost forgets it, leaving behind a quiet challenge to imagine what was protected inside.
In pasture, on a NW-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by the faint remains of a low bank. This possible rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places