Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Baskin High

Situated in pasture. Annotated ‘Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a mound situated adjacent to a disused sandpit. According to local information this monument is known as a ringfort. OS map designation would suggest that this may be the remains of a possible burial mound. It was suggested that the mound was created as a result of upcast spoil from the adjacent sand pit and that the interior of the ringfort was raised as a result to form a mound. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019