What is recorded here

No visible entrance at the south, where the ditch vanishes, leaving the fort open to whatever walks in from that direction. People called it a fairy fort because the gap defied human sense, yet the measured banks and ditch suggest deliberate building rather than magical error. The fairies may have simply inherited the contradiction: a fortified place with one wall removed, as if inviting guests instead of keeping them out.

A subcircular area (dims. 48.4m NW-SE, c. 42.7m NE-SW) defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 3.2m, int. H c. 0.8m, ext. H c. 1.7m), intervening fosse (Wth c. 3.8m), except at S, and an outer bank (Wth c. 2.7m, int. H c. 1.6m, ext. H c. 0.5m) from SW-E. Possible original entrance at SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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