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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annagh (costello By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Annagh holds a circular earthen platform thirty to thirty-five metres wide, its stone-and-earth scarp still standing one to thirteen centimetres above the pasture. Hazel, ash and oak ring the perimeter like a guard that never left, while blackthorn and brambles choke the interior, denying entry to whatever chamber or hearth lies beneath. The fort does not ask to be believed; it asks to be witnessed.
In pasture, located on a slight rise. Circular earthen platform (estimated diam. 30-35m) defined by an earth and stone scarp (H 1-1.3m, 0.8m at E) which has been incorporated into a later field fence on the N arc. The interior appears to be level but is engulfed in an impenetrable thicket of blackthorn and brambles and could not be examined. The perimeter is thickly ringed by hazel, ash and oak trees. There are heaps of field clearance debris at intervals around the perimeter. Post and wire fencing encircles the rath. Two conjoined raths (MA093-040----; MA093-042----) are located c. 200m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 June 2022

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