What is recorded here
Fairy fort, a 38m diameter ringfort in County Limerick, was depicted as an embanked circular enclosure on the 1924 OS 6-inch map. Ploughing and pasture work have since levelled most of the bank, leaving only a faint scarped edge and a concentric field boundary to mark its shape. The earth still holds the memory of a defended home, even if the timber and stone are gone.
In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. However, it is still evident as circular area (diam. 38m) defined by scarped edge (H 0.25m; Wth 1.6m). A field boundary runs just outside and concentric with scarp S->N. Interior level and under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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