What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Dromeliagh conceal clever human engineering beneath mystical names. This ringfort on the Mulkear River used layered ditches and banks to create a defensible home, while its position facing another fort across the water suggests neighbours watching one another. The fairies may have inherited the site later, but people shaped it first.

Situated in poorly drained pasture on the W bank of the Mulkear River at the base of a gentle slope down to the E, with good views to N, S and E. Another ringfort (LI015-011----) is visible across the river to ESE. The monument is partially obscured by scrub vegetation. It is evident as a roughly circular area (30m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.5m; H 1.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.5m) and a counter-scarp bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth 4.4m; ext. h 0.2m). Outside the latter is another fosse (Wth 1.6m) and an external bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.3m). A (Wth 9.7m) crosses the interior fosse at SW. The interior slopes down to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 2 July 2013

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