What is recorded here

Mortons and other humans may have built the fort, but the fairies took it over and still meet there at midnight. They fly in from every direction, circle the ring once, and leave before dawn. The fort is closed to people now because the fairies do not want to be watched. What humans forgot, the fairies remember, and they still use the place their own way.

Situated on high ground in upland area. Domed circular area (diam 60m) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.5m) with external fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.3m) which intersects field boundary at S. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rath More is a circular earthen enclosure with a bank and fosse, typical of early-medieval ringforts (c. 500–1000 AD) used as farmsteads or defensive structures. Local folklore associates such sites with the fairy folk, and they were often avoided or revered in traditional Irish belief.

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