What is recorded here
That is a ringfort. It still stands in Pollawarla, though no one is certain when people last lived inside its earth bank. The local name suggests the fort belonged to fairies after the humans left it behind.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Saint Mary's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 553 yd
Bofeenaun Abbey in ruinsReligious house, Franciscan Third Order Regular · 717 yd
IndicatedEnclosure · 1.9 mi
LisnagorpFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 2.5 mi
FarbreigaMountain / peak · 2.7 mi
Titanic Memorial ParkMemorial · 2.9 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 4.0 mi
Cliff IslandIslet · 4.8 mi