What is recorded here

Fairy forts are misnamed: human ringforts misread by later belief. Kilsallagh kept its shape long enough to be measured, forty-two metres across on a low ridge, before pasture and plough softened the bank into a barely visible scar. The fort may have housed a family, a herder, or a small cluster of people during the height of ringfort building in Ireland. What is certain is that the circle resisted forgetting longer than the names of the people who drew it.

On a low ridge in pasture. Depicted as a large circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 42m) was enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It has been largely levelled and is defined by a broad, low scarp (H 0.3m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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