What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Greenmount, County Limerick: a sub-oval earthen ringfort on a south-facing ridge, still marked by banks, a fosse and scarp edges, with wide views to the west, south and east. It is the kind of place where people may have lived, watched the pasture or kept what they valued beside a track. The fairies in its name remind us that human history and story both belong in the same soil.

Situated on a natural ridge, on a S-facing slope immediately S of a track in gently rolling pasture, c. 30m NW of LI013-068003-; c. 40m NE 0f LI013-06801-. There are good views to W, S and E. Indicated on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a sub-oval area (c. 40m NW-SE; 40m N-S) enclosed by two banks and an intervening fosse, truncated by the field boundary to the N. Survives as a sub-oval area (30.6m E-W) enclosed by a bank to E and S (int. H 0.3m; Wth. 2.4m; ext. H 0.6m) and a scarp edge to W (Wth. 10.6m; H 1m). There is a fosse (Wth. 5m) and gentle outer bank to E and S (int. H c. 0.1m; Wth. 1.6m; ext. H 0.2m). There is a further scarp edge to W (Wth. 4.4m; H 0.6m). There is a gentle dip in the internal bank to S (Wth. 6m). The interior slopes down to E.

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