Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolanoran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Coolanoran is an empty field now, but a thirty-metre circular embankment stood there when surveyed in 1841. Ploughs and men erased the fort, yet the fairies never left. They simply stopped needing a wall.
In pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power 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