What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not evidence of fairy kingdoms. They are ordinary human settlements from centuries ago, misnamed because people stopped understanding them. In Derrycassan, a field drain now cuts through the ring, reducing ancient boundary work to modern farm management. The fairies appear only when human memory fades.

On the lower SSW-facing slope of a drumlin ridge. A raised circular area (diam. c. 26m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 4.5m; H 0.6m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.5-3.5m; D 0.3-1.1m) which has been modified and incorporated into a field-drainage system. It is divided into unequal portions by a NE-SW field bank and drain. The smaller portion, to the ESE, has been levelled, though its outline may still be traced. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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