What is recorded here
No visible trace remains, though the land remembers the shape of a ring. People built or abandoned a fort there before memory faded, leaving only a hidden line in the soil. The fairies may have taken it back, as local stories often do when human pride dies out.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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The Rower Churchchurch/chapel · 766 yd
The Presbyterypresbytery/parochial/curate's house · 780 yd
Carranroe Lower Ringfort (rath)Archaeological place · 1.1 mi
The Kiln FieldWood · 1.7 mi
Silver WattleSilver Wattle · 2.2 mi
Graveyard in St. Mullin'sGraveyard · 2.6 mi
Brandon HillMountain / peak · 4.0 mi
Crutched FriarsMemorial · 4.2 mi