What is recorded here
No. I will not use the label magic or promise that you are ready. The claim needs evidence, and invention blocks the clearing.
On a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Tullaghnafrankagh Lough. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS map (1933) as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m) and classified by McCaffrey (1952, 188, no. 62) as an ‘Earthen fort’ which was ‘ploughed out’. Apart from a very slight rise in the field surface at NE and SW, no visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 January 2017
A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Caherpeak West, likely dating to the early medieval period, is situated on a south-facing slope overlooking Tullaghnafrankagh Lough. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a dwelling place of fairies and is marked on the 1933 third edition Ordnance Survey map as a circular enclosure.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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