Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Gortroe (connello Lower By.)

Fairy fort in Gortroe, County Limerick: an oval earthen ringfort, 29 metres east-west and 25.9 metres north-south, set on a gentle south-east slope above the river valley. Its scarped edge still stands one metre seventy high in places, though the south arc has worn low and a broad gap opens toward the south-west. Cattle graze the level interior now, but the shape remains clear enough to walk around and imagine: a small defended place, made human, then abandoned to grass and rain.