What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often called forts because they resemble small defensive rings, but clear sightlines and thin walls suggest exclusion rather than battle. This is a boundary marker, a place set apart for ritual, residence or taboo. The fort is no longer a fort in the military sense. It is a fort in the human sense, a shape made to hold attention and keep ordinary traffic outside.

On top of a distinct hillock, in improved pasture, with excellent views in all directions from this vantage point. A large circular area (diam. 36m) defined by the remains of a bank which has been reduced to a scarp (Wth 3.3m; H 0.9m) NE-SE and WSW-W. The scarp is incorporated into a field boundary (long-axis NNE-SSW) around the eastern arc. Short portions of bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m; Wth at top 1.2m; overall Wth 3.55m) are evident SE-WSW and NW-N. The enclosing elements have been levelled out N-NE in relatively modern times and the material has been spread out to create a ramp up into the interior. The interior is clear and has a gentle E-facing slope. There are traces of an outer fosse (Wth 1.75m; D 0.15m) which is best preserved N-NE, in places around the eastern arc, at SE and at SW. According to local information, potatoes were grown within the interior during the famine years and in modern times silage is baled here in dry weather. An enclosure (CL035-120----) lies c. 380m to N. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-119----_01.jpg From NW. General view of monument (no rods). CL035-119----_02.jpg From NW. Cross sectional view of bank and fosse at SW. CL035-119----_03.jpg From NE. Cross sectional view of scarp at SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 April 2018

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