What is recorded here
Moyarta East holds a earthen ringfort, a round fortress built by human hands long before modern roads. It is a fairy fort in local story, a place where ordinary rules blur and human life still echoes. The clay wall stands as a marker of endurance, shaping the field and memory around it.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
LissyhunnaFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 139 yd
Church in Moyarta EastChurch · 725 yd
Kilcrony Church (in Ruins)Church · 1273 yd
LissagreenaunFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.6 mi
Knocknagarhoon CastleRuins · 2.2 mi
Kilcredaun PointHeadland · 2.4 mi
Glasheen BeachBeach / strand · 2.4 mi
Ocean Rowers MemorialMemorial · 2.5 mi
Memorial PlaqueMemorial · 2.8 mi