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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Geata Mór

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

An Geata Mór holds a faded ringfort where local people once drew a bright line around the soil. They called it a fairy fort because the boundary still feels alive, not dead. The earth may have served humans before it answered to imagination, but the name preserves the warning: some places resist ownership and remember being watched.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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