What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Ballygeel, County Limerick, is a circular earthen ringfort with a level dry interior, a scarped edge, and a shallow external fosse. It sits in open pasture, small enough to walk across in moments yet distinct enough to mark the boundary between human field and forgotten life. The name suggests people once believed the fort belonged to fairies, but the shape and preservation point to a made place where someone lived, worked, or kept what mattered.
In level pasture. Circular area (27.7m N-S; 26.6m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.35m; Wth 3.1m) with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 2.2m). Fosse and scarped edge very slight SE->SW. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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