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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dromorehill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Half a kilometre across the grassland, a circular rath stands forty-nine metres wide, its twin banks and central ditch still drawing a clear line around forgotten life. The outer wall has surrendered everywhere except the north, where earth holds its shape against time. Inside the northwest quadrant, a man-made passage descends into darkness, inviting curiosity or warning depending on the hour. People may have lived, hidden, or worshipped within that circle before memory faded, leaving only grass and shadow to keep the shape.
In grassland. Circular rath (diam. 48.9m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank survives only at N. There is a Man-made underground passage (GA114-070001-) in the NW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

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