What is recorded here

Fairy forts are human places misnamed by folklore. In Feraghfad, a wide earthen bank and deep outer ditch still enclose a circular space on a gentle pasture slope. A modern field boundary cuts across it, and a large interior mound waits to be explained. The name changes; the shape and purpose remain clear.

On a gentle SSE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 49.7m) enclosed by a wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 7.9m; H 0.7m max.) with a wide, deep, external fosse (Wth 6.8m; D 0.9m). It is divided into unequal portions by a modern NE-SW field boundary. The much-smaller portion, to the SE, has been levelled but its outline is still identifiable, albeit with some difficulty. A break (Wth 3.7m) in the bank at NNE with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance. Projecting into the interior from the inner face of the bank at N is a large, irregularly shaped mound of earth and stone (20.4m E-W; 17.4m N-S; max. H 0.6m) of unknown significance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1985).

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