What is recorded here

Moyarta West holds a earthen ringfort, local memory calling it a fairy fort. That is a story, not a fact. The clay bank and ditch are facts. They mark a place where people lived, defended or kept animals long before written records. The fairy name does not erase them. It shows how often the community imagined the dead or forgotten still moving inside old shapes.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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