What is recorded here

Magic and myth are everywhere in Ireland. That is why people called it a fairy fort. The ground still holds a rounded ring of earth and shadow. Humans may have lived there before fairy stories covered the truth.

In pasture 150m N of the Main Street in Patrickswell, that marks the townland boundary with Attyflin. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area defined by a bank, with the interior planted with trees. The 1897 OS 25-inch map depicts the monument as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 28m, approx. ext. diam. 45m) enclosed by a bank from S through W to N and a field boundary from N through W to S. An external fosse is depicted from the SW through W to N and intersects a field boundary in S. Outline of tree-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020 intersected by field boundaries at S and E. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballyanrahan East, likely dating to the early medieval period, is marked on the 1840 Ordnance Survey map as a circular earthwork with a bank and wooded interior. Local tradition may associate it with fairy lore, as suggested by its name, though specific folklore is not recorded.

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