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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clare More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on the upper edge of an ENE-facing slope. This monument was described by Cahill (1982) as being in 'fair condition - some interference interior. 1 bank - large amount of stone used in construction - W section of bank destroyed by building field fences - dimns: 30m'. No visible surface trace. Possible faint surface trace of slight rise in N-corner of field. Depicted on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular area truncated by field boundary to W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clare More is a circular earthen enclosure, likely dating to the early medieval period, constructed with a substantial stone-reinforced bank on its western side. Local folklore, common to many such sites in Ireland, associates it with fairy activity, and it may have been considered a sacred or supernatural place in both ancient and more recent times.

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