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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilderreen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Kilderreen holds a broken fairy fort where cattle tread through ancient earth. Its low bank and hidden ditch have surrendered their entrance to time and hoofprints. What remains is a shallow oval scar on a NNE-facing slope, waiting for someone to remember the shape of the door.
On a NNE-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A raised roughly oval area (42.6m NW-SE; 34.7m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.3m; H 1.1m max.), punctuated by numerous cattle breaks, and an infilled external fosse (Wth 3.6m). A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded an outer bank that is no longer visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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