Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Highpark

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Highpark, County Limerick: a roughly circular earthen ringfort, 19.5m by 18.5m, with a scarped edge 1.6m wide and 0.3m high, conjoined on the southeast to another enclosure. It sits in flat, poorly-drained pasture yet commands good views in all directions, its interior sloping gently east. People may have lived there, marked territory there, or simply avoided the wet ground and called it fairy work.
In flat, poorly-drained pasture with good views in all directions. Conjoined on the SE side of another enclosure (Li014-025----). A roughly circular area (19.5m NE-SW; 18.5m NW-SE) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.6m; H 0.3). The interior slopes down to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 June 2013

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

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places