What is recorded here

Killaghintober holds a fifty-four-metre earthen ring on a ridge, its low bank still standing from north through east to south. People called it a fairy fort, perhaps because the boundary blurred human memory and local wonder. A narrow gap at the southeast invites entry, while the interior slopes gently northward like a forgotten room waiting for someone to remember how to leave it.

On top of a natural ridge running E-W in undulating countryside. Circular area (54m E-W) enclosed by a low bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2m; Wth 1.5m) best preserved from N through E to S elsewhere reduced to a scarp. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE. The interior of the site follows the natural slope of the ridge from S to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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