Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killynan (pratt)

Situated on a flat-topped hillock in grass-land with good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large oval-shaped earthwork and annotated on the OS Fair Plan map as ‘the shoemaker’s fort’. No depicted on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. This monument has been levelled, and all that remains is a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 43m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a low scarp. Outline of levelled monument barely visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 July 2018

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killynan, likely dating to the early medieval period, is marked on 19th-century maps as 'the shoemaker’s fort,' suggesting local historical or occupational associations. Such sites were often believed to be inhabited by fairies in folklore and were treated with reverence or caution by local communities.