What is recorded here

Birrinhagh fort is a solid earth and stone ring on a pasture slope, large enough to hold a dozen lives and wide enough to keep them tied together. Its deep waterlogged ditch still marks the boundary, even where a laneway has cut through the ancient line. The dense scrub at the possible entrance suggests the fort resisted easy entry, forcing people to face its size before entering. It is not a fairy tale despite the local name; it is a human place that kept its shape because people kept returning to it.

On an ESE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 36.1m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.7m; H 0.4-0.8m) with a wide, deep, partially waterlogged external fosse (Wth 3.4m; D 1.55m). From NNE-NE-E a modern laneway occupies a portion of the fosse and it has been largely infilled from ESE-S-WSW. A report in 1990 (SMR file) recorded that the original entrance may have been at SE. This part of the rath is very densely overgrown with scrub. The interior slopes appreciably from WNW to ESE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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