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Fairy forts are human inventions. They are also real places where people lived, loved, argued and forgot themselves. The distinction does not matter much once you stop wanting the world to be reasonable. What matters is that the circle is still standing, that the field has not swallowed it, and that you can walk its edge with both feet on the ground.

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 Circular area (diam. 32m) surrounded by earthen bank (H 0.2m) with traces of external fosse. Large entrance gap at W.

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 royal courts of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

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