What is recorded here
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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Shown on 1938-9 'OS 6-inch' map as bivallate ringfort (max. diam. c. 70m) and visible as such on aerial photograph (GSI S 436). Now levelled except for portions of external bank from S-W-NW incorporated in field fence. Also visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018).
See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018)
A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort, in Nurney is a circular earthwork typical of early-medieval Irish settlements, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with the supernatural, often referring to them as dwellings of the fairies or ancient rulers.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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