Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardnacrohy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Ardnacrohy holds a broken earthen ring where a missing field boundary still traces one edge. The land has been clipped and cut back until the fort is the clearest shape left behind. Its causeway and banks preserve the judgment of people who no longer have names, while the lost boundary disappears into pasture and memory.
In pasture, on slight ENE-facing slope at end of broad E-W ridge. Circular area (34.5m N-S; 37.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.65m) ESE->NNE, and defined by scarped edge NNE->ESE, with external fosse (D 0.75m; Wth 3.3m) NNW->NNE and NE->S, and with external earthen bank (ext. H 1.3m) NE->ESE. Causeway entrance (Wth 7.2m) at NE. Field boundary runs along outer line of fosse ESE->S; all other field boundaries in vicinity of site have been removed. Interior slopes down to N and is under pasture except NE quadrant which is covered by overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 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