What is recorded here

Situated in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 42m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE). Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dunlom West is a likely early-medieval ringfort, used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a "fairy fort," suggesting beliefs in otherworldly inhabitants or supernatural significance.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.