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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Irishtown (duleek Upper By., Moorechurch Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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That is the end of the evidence. You can keep it as fact, not as a story about a real person.
A circular crompark (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature and an entrance gap at SE is visible on an aerial photograph (OSAP, 1995). it is also faintly visible on Bing (2013). (Pers com. Tom Condit) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of revised upload: 15 September 2017
A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort in Irishtown, is a circular early-medieval defensive or agricultural enclosure, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, suggesting they were homes of the "good people" or portals to the Otherworld.

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