What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Irishtown is a hidden earthen ring, not a fantasy claim. Its shallow ditch and two entrance gaps still mark the ground beneath ordinary fields. People may have lived there, farmed there, or abandoned it when the land changed. The fairies are only the name left behind when the human story faded.

Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (int. dims c. 45m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on aerial photographs (OSAP: 1995). There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 3) at W and another (Wth c. 5m) at ESE. It is also visible on Bing (2013) (Pers. com. Colin Byrne) and on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. On the Apple Maps image a trench (L c. 23m ENE-WSW) lies inside the fosse at S and enters it at SSW. Its greatest width (c. 2m) is at the E end where it turns N and it could be a Man-made underground passage (ME028-059001-). See the attached aerial view from Apple Maps compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 February 2020

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