What is recorded here
Kilcolumb in County Clare contains a ringfort, an earthen defensible structure, though local memory calls it a fairy fort. The land still carries the shape of human hands, even when the people who built it have vanished into legend.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Enclosure in Knockmore (islands By.)Enclosure · 904 yd
RathmarreeFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1279 yd
Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptistchurch/chapel · 1.4 mi
Drumanure Bridgebridge · 1.6 mi
Shallee Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 4.3 mi
Inch Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 4.3 mi
Poul na gollorCave · 4.4 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 5.5 mi