What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Glebe, County Limerick, is a circular earthen ringfort about thirty-five metres across, marked by a low scarped edge now worn by cattle and interrupted by a modern septic tank. The interior remains level, dry and clear, while a farm trackway passes fifteen metres to the north. It may have been a home, a boundary marker or a place of seasonal gathering, but cattle traffic and human convenience have blurred that purpose into a quiet ring in the pasture.
In level pasture. Circular area (35.6m N-S; 33.4m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.4m; Wth 3.3m). Field boundary runs along base of scarp E->W. Scarp has been eroded by cattle E->ESE. A septic tank has been inserted into base of scarp at NW. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Farm trackway skirts enclosure c. 15m to N.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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