What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Callanafersy West stands as National Monument No. 238, a low earthen bank enclosing a level pasture field six hundred metres north of the Laune River. The southern field wall has bitten into the fort, and a fifteen-metre gap on the north-east side suggests the earth itself forgot the shape. Yet beneath the west bank lies a collapsed passage running six metres northeast to southwest, its small opening still visible despite the ruin. The reeks rise clearly to the south, watching the hollow where human hands built a circle the field wall now treats as an obstacle.

National Monument No. 238. Situated in a level field used as pasture. The site is abutting the southern field wall, which has destroyed a small portion of the fort bank. The site is approx. 600m north of the Laune River. The reeks can clearly be seen to the south. Poorly preserved remains consist of a circular area (dims. 14.2m N-S x 24.5m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1m; Wth 3.6m). A 15m portion of the bank on the N-NE side is completely destroyed. There is no visible entrance. On the west side of the fort under the bank there is a Man-made underground passage opening 0.45m x 0.6m. The Man-made underground passage opening is very much collapsed and inaccessible. However, the Man-made underground passage runs in a NE SW direction for approx. 6m. Internally there are no other features and the fort measures overall 18.2 N-S x 31.5m E-W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 May 2022

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