What is recorded here

Situated on the ENE face of a high ridge running WNW-ESE, with excellent views to the N & NE. Ringfort (WM008-052----) 200m to NE. Ringfort (WM008-050----) 190m to N. A field fence which is also the townland boundary with Collinstown skirts the E side of the monument. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30.6m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and deep-flat-bottomed external fosse. The bank is fragmentary, and the fosse has been filled up from N-E where it has been intersected by a post-1700 field fence. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at ENE. The interior slopes from W-E. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 April 2017

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ranaghan is a circular earthwork typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries. Such sites are often associated with local folklore involving fairies or other supernatural beings, though specific traditions for this site are not recorded.

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