What is recorded here
Half a football pitch wide, the fort sits on a ridge in Longford pasture, its earth bank no higher than a ankle. Cattle have grazed the southern curve flat while field boundaries swallowed the northern edge, erasing the entrance and leaving behind a shallow dish of soil. The fairy name hints that people once doubted human hands could build such a small, pointless circle, yet the bank still holds its shape against rain and plough.
On the NE slope of a ridge in pasture. A raised subcircular area (diam. c. 42m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.4m). From W-N-ENE the bank has been modified and incorporated into modern field boundaries. From SSE-S-SSW it has been levelled. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable.
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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