What is recorded here

Barradoos holds a twenty-metre earthen ring near a mountain top, marked by a two-metre bank and shallow fosse. People called it a fairy fort, perhaps because the woods kept it hidden or the shape defied ordinary sense. The southern edge now brushes a forestry road, cut back by drainage ditches, yet the circle remains visible through the felled land.

Situated close to mountain top in afforested land now felled. A circular area (diam. c. 25m diam) delimited by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; ext. H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth 1m). Monument inspected on the 21/09/2018 and described as a circular shaped area (approx. int. diam. 20m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 1m) with an external fosse (D 1m) visible from S-NW. The monument bank is truncated at S by drainage ditches running E-W across the monument. The S edge of the monument is very close to modern forestry road. See attached sketch plan of monument. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Valerie Kelly. Date of upload: 28 November 2018

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