What is recorded here
Granagh held a thirty-metre ringfort with double banks and cutting ditches, but ploughs and time erased most of the circle. Only a short western arc remains visible beneath the pasture, preserving the exact depth and width of defences that once enclosed human lives. The fairies kept the rest, hiding the true shape of the fort from ordinary sight.
In undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled save for short arc SW->NW of perimeter defences. This consists of two concentric earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.9m; outer bank: int. H 2m; ext. H 0.8m) separated by fosse (Wth 1.55m), with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.5m). Level interior under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Enclosure in GranaghEnclosure · 265 yd
Granagh Housefarm house · 266 yd
Turret (site of)Building · 621 yd
Saint Joseph's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1475 yd
Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.5 mi
KnockfeerinaMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
Saint Derivla's WellSpring · 3.1 mi
Famine stoneMemorial · 3.3 mi
Our Lady's WellSpring · 3.3 mi
Kilmacow Ho.Bawn · 3.3 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 4.9 mi
Flat cemetery in Kiltenan SouthFlat cemetery · 6.2 mi