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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Derrynacrit

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy forts are earthen ringforts, ancient human places misnamed by later belief. In Derrynacrit, that fort is no longer visible at ground level, though mapping showed a circular enclosure on a rise above wet pasture. The land may have swallowed the ridge, or people may have leveled it for grass. Either way, the fort still exists in the shape of the place, waiting to be remembered.
On a rise in wet, low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan and the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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