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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fán

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible trace remains of the circular enclosure on the lower south slopes of Mount Eagle. Four clochauns once filled its interior, waiting for people who have forgotten how to see them. The fort disappeared because human memory withdrew, not because stone vanished.
The circular enclosure marked on the 1st edition of the OS map no longer survives. Four clochauns were marked in the interior and the site was named 'Fort' on the Fair Plan. It was located on the lower S slopes of Mount Eagle overlooking Dingle Bay. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 676. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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