What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Gorteen: earthen ringfort, 29 m across, steep scarp 1.2 m high and 3.2 m wide, possible ENE entrance ramp, two other ringforts within 115 m. Westropp called it an earthen fort in 1914-16; cattle and pasture have worn much of it away. The name suggests people once saw more than soil and shadow there.

On a gentle E-facing slope, in improved pasture. Westropp (1914-16, 67) described this monument as an ‘earthen fort’. A circular area (diam. 29m) defined by a steep, short scarp (Wth 3.2m; H 1.2m). The scarp is covered in briars for most part and some trees are present S-N. There are very short portions of bank (int. H max. 0.4m) at SW, W and N but these are very piecemeal and poorly preserved. A possible entrance may exist at ENE where there is a ramp (Wth 3.3m) up into the interior. The ramp appears modern, however it may have used an existing entrance. There are possible traces of a fosse at SW, although this is not conclusive and may represent poaching by cattle in this area which is located between the monument and a field boundary (long-axis NE-SW) c. 2m to SE. The interior is generally level and featureless and is raised (H 1.2m) above the external ground level. Ringforts (CL035-105---- and CL035-101----) are situated c. 62m to N and c. 115m to W, respectively. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-104----_01.jpg From NW. General view of monument (no rods). CL035-104----_02.jpg From S. Cross sectional view of scarp at E. CL035-104----_03.jpg From W. General view of interior (2m rod in centre and 2 x 1m rod either side of ramped entrance at ENE). Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 April 2018

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