What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Faha Demesne is a circular earthen ringfort, twenty-eight metres across, set on an NNE-facing slope above the Old Deer Park. Its bank still stands halfway around the circle, while a shallow ditch and a small quarry pit mark the places where people or animals took earth from the edge. The dense interior hides whatever the fort once held, but the shape remains clear enough to suggest a small defended home or a boundary marker for the lands near Faha House.

In pasture on slight NNE facing slope with good views in most directions. On the 'Old Deer Park' standing adjacent to a laneway on the demesne lands of Faha House located 580m to NE. Present remains consist of a slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 28m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m; base Wth. 3.25m) from S through N to NNE and from NE to SE reduced to a scarp from NNE to NE and SSE to S with traces of an external fosse visible throughout. A quarry pit (diam. 8m, D 0.5m) has been dug into the external face of the bank at E. The level interior is densely overgrown. Outline of tree-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 21 June 2020

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Faha Demesne is a circular earthwork enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries. Local tradition associates such sites with the faé or other supernatural beings, and they were often considered places of magic or otherworldly significance in folklore.

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