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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Monkstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on top of a high hillock in grassland, with good views of surrounding undulating countryside. A raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks and an intervening fosse with causewayed entrance gap (Wth 5m) at E. There are modern gaps in the bank at N, WNW, SW & SSW.. The inner bank is low and fragmentary, and the fosse is slight. The outer bank is low, and best preserved from S-NW and has been removed by a road at S and a field fence at NE. The interior slopes towards the E, and contains several humps and hollows, but do not form a recognisable pattern. A modern gap in the bank at WNW reveals the bank to be composed of earth & small stones. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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