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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardbeg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Ardbeg holds a ringfort, an earthen circle where people lived, worked and watched the land. The local name suggests fairies, yet human hands built the bank and dug the ditch. That is not a mistake of imagination. It is a reminder that ordinary life still sounds like wonder when it has survived long enough to lose its dates.
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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