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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grange Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Grange Upper, County Limerick: a roughly circular earthen ring, 31 metres north-south and 26 metres east-west, with a low bank rising 65 centimetres outside and 25 centimetres inside. The bank runs south-south-east to north-north-west; a field boundary continues the circle north-north-west to north-east, and from north-east to south-south-east the ground simply slopes down into marsh, as if the ring dissolved instead of ending. Cattle graze the interior on a gentle north-east-facing slope, and the whole place has the calm arrogance of a boundary drawn before people thought to ask permission.
In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (31.4m N-S; 26.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.65m) SSE->NNW, and by field boundary NNW->NE which probably overlies bank. From NE->SSE there is no trace of enclosing element but edge of enclosure is marked by gradual slope down from interior into marshy area. Field boundary runs along base of bank WNW->NNW. Interior under pasture and slopes down to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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