What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not places where fairies played. They are abandoned human settlements from before Christian Ireland, misnamed later because people no longer recognised the shape or remembered the hands that built them.

In reclaimed pasture immediately S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Baunnageeragh. Possible ringfort (LI040-090----) lies to immediate E. Depicted as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed by a bank on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not depicted on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map, indicating that the monument was levelled between these map dates. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 14 June 2021

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.