What is recorded here

Fairy fort and earthen ringfort in Fenniscourt, County Carlow. The circular area is about 60m wide, with a substantial bank rising 3m above a fosse and reaching 7.8m across. A 2m entrance with a causeway opens toward the south-southwest, while the external fosse runs 2.5 to 4.5m wide and 1.4m deep below the field.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Monument No. HM00326, this monument was entered in the Register of Historic Monuments on the 25 October 1985. Circular area (diam. 60m N-S) enclosed by substantial bank (H 3m above fosse; max. Wth 7.8m) with external fosse (Wth 2.5 - 4.5m; D below field 1.4m). Entrance (Wth 2m) with causeway at SSW. Slight external bank is probably not ancient.

A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort, in Fenniscourt is a circular earthwork enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore associates such sites with the supernatural, often believed to be the homes of fairies or other otherworldly beings.

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