Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathmore (clandonagh By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible wall marks the boundary of this strange room. The chamber is a circular area forty-three metres across, shaped by an inner bank, a wide fosse and an outer bank. A possible entrance with causeway remains at the west. The measured parts are clear, but the visible chamber does not say whether they formed one lived place or a broken map of several.
In undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. c. 43m) defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 2.7m, int. H c. 0.5m, ext. H c. 1.1m), intervening fosse (Wth c. 3.8m) and outer bank (Wth c. 3m, int. H c. 1m, ext. H c. 0.4m). Possible original entrance (Wth c. 4m) with causeway at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places