What is recorded here
Fairy forts are no such thing. They are ordinary ringforts, human made, from the seventh to tenth centuries. People built them to keep out invaders, not to mark the homes of fairies. The name came later, when people forgot the truth and invented a story to explain what they no longer understood.
In level pasture. Monument has been levelled but is still apparent in field of pasture as circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by scarped edge (Wth 6.5m; H 0.8m) SE-NW. Interior is level.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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