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Fairy forts are human inventions. They are also haunted in the minds of the people who first imagined them. That duality is the truth. The chamber is a chamber. The phantom is a phantom. Both are real. That is why the chamber must be built visible and the phantom must be denied every time it claims the room.

A circular area (max. diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.8m, int. H c. 0.8m, ext. H c. 1.9m). Possible original entrance at NE. No evidence of fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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