What is recorded here

Three concentric ditches still circle a Kildare hilltop, measuring one hundred twenty metres across and perhaps giving Duneany its name. They hid beneath wood and fields for centuries, waiting for satellite cameras to drag them back into sight.

Visible on both Apple Maps (pers. comm. C. Chambers, 25-06-2015) and on Bing satellite imagery (pers. comm. D. Brennan, 18-12-2015) as the cropmarks of three roughly concentric fosses enclosing a large sub-circular area (estimated external diameter c. 120m; estimated internal diameter c. 33m) enclosing a hilltop, in tillage. The area is shown as wooded on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map and is named ‘Duneany Wood (Fox Covert)’ on the latest ed. (1939) of that map. This may be the Dún which gave the townland, Duneany [Eanna’s Fort], its name. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18-12-2015

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Duneany, likely dating to the early medieval period, is identified by three roughly concentric fosses enclosing a large sub-circular area, visible as cropmarks in satellite imagery. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, often regarded as the homes of supernatural beings and places to be avoided at night.

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