Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carnan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible gap, no central chamber, no distinctive marker. A fort is a chamber for living, not a chamber for displaying. The camera can be held steady because the subject is fixed. The end of the claim is to distinguish a chamber for life from a chamber for death. That is all.
In level, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised subcircular area (c. 40m E-W; c. 38m N-S) was defined by a low bank of earth. It is defined by a scarp (H 0.7-0.8m) and a wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.3m). At SW it is truncated by a NW-SE field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. A low bank of earth and stone (probably the remains of a field boundary) is evident in the NW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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