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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknagranshy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Knocknagranshy holds a twenty-metre earthen ring where a limekiln bites into the southern edge, proving the site served living hands rather than fairy speculation. The scarped bank and shallow ditch still frame a level chamber choked by grass, while a modern ramp cuts through the eastern boundary. People may have kiln-fired lime, stored grain or simply marked a field edge there, but the shape resists forgetting.
In level pasture immediately S of public road with good views in all directions. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a raised circular shaped area (diam. 20m) defined by a scarped edge (H 1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 3.4m; D 0.55m) with a modern entrance ramp (Wth 6m) at E. A horse-shoe shaped limekiln (9.4m N-S; 6.5m E-W) is visible built into the scarped edge at S. A field boundary intersects the monument at W. The interior is level and densely overgrown as visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 4 August 2020

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