Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Faughalstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated in hilly pasture-land. Lough Derravaragh 800m to SW. The field fence which marks the boundary with Ringstown townland is 15m to W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. dims. 21m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The bank appears to have been steepened in relatively modern times. Entrance gap (Wth 2.6m) and causeway (Wth 4.3m; H 0.25m) at E. The interior slopes from ENE-WSW. A low irregular round-topped mound (dims. 7m NNE-SSW; 3.5m ENE-WSW; H 0.15m) is visible in the centre which could be the remains of a possible hut site. Site appears to have been completely levelled and is not visible on 2005 OSI aerial photographs or on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

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

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places