What is recorded here
Fairy forts hide inside ordinary rings, waiting for humans to stop believing they are solid. That is the temptation Castlegannon offers. Someone built a defensible home, not a fairy trap, yet the legend still wants to claim the stones. Resistance is the sane answer.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Kilcready Church (in Ruins)Church · 550 yd
Ballytarsna RingfortArchaeological place · 1357 yd
Castlegannon National Schoolschool · 1660 yd
Crowbally RingfortArchaeological place · 1.0 mi
Mansels Court (Site of )Castle, unclassified · 1.4 mi
Crowbally Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1.6 mi
Thomas PhelanMemorial · 2.3 mi
Graveyard in KilkeasyGraveyard · 2.3 mi
Common AlderCommon Alder · 2.5 mi
Castlemorris Pheasant LoopWalking route · 4.8 mi
Castlemorris WoodForest · 4.8 mi