What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not fairy forts. They are human houses, farms and forts from before written records. The fairies came later, inheriting the shapes people had already made. That is often all a fairy fort is: a forgotten human place, renamed because nobody remembered the people who built it.

A circular area (diam. c. 39.2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.8m, int. H c. 0.6m, ext. H c. 0.9m) from E-SW, and from NW-NNE. Original entrance at NE. 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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