What is recorded here

Fairy forts are human ruins misread as fairy work; this is a ringfort in Ballymorrisheen, County Limerick. Its broken bank and waterlogged ditch still mark a small defended place beside the Deel, perhaps used for shelter, storage or display before the fields changed. The name preserves the forgetter's part: when the purpose faded, the gap was filled with fairy story instead of evidence.

In low-lying marshy pasture; ground slopes away gently to SE to River Deel. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank and wide external fosse. Bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m) is covered with dense overgrowth and has break (Wth 4m) at N. Fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 8m) is flat-bottomed, shallow and waterlogged in places. Interior is covered by dense overgrowth. Field boundary, shown on 1923 OS 6-inch map immediately to S of enclosure, has been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.