Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boggagh (eighter),kill (clonlonan By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated in pasture, with reasonable views of the surrounding countryside. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork bisected by a public road running N-S which forms townland boundary with Kill. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 38m) enclosed by a bank (approx. dims. Wth 2m; max. H 1m) with a possible entrance at NE. The interior is divided almost equally by the public road which runs N-S through the earthwork. The surface has a slight S-facing slope and the E half is partly overgrown with briars and the W portion is divided into two areas by a field boundary running E-W. Monument is visible today s a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork bisected by the public road running N-S, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 November 2019

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

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places