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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Corboy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible gate, no ditch, just a shallow ring of earth and stone on a south-east slope where cattle still move through the dark. The fairies may have taken the entrance, but people built the ring, and a later kiln bit into its side like a claim made on someone else's wall.
On a SSE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 31.6m) defined by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.2m; H 0.2m) from WSW-W-NNW and elsewhere by a scarp. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Built into the scarp at SW is a small limekiln (LF014-080002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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