What is recorded here

One chamber, one door, one living person: a small round house with a thick earthen wall and a narrow entrance. The fairies never entered because the door was too small for their number. They danced around the wall until dawn, exhausted and angry. The human watched from inside, unharmed, while the field vibrated with too many feet.

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. 21m) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 1.7m). No visible surface traces of fosse. Several gaps in bank, that at W may be original.

A fairy fort, also known as an earthen ringfort or rath, in Rathrush is a circular earthwork typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore associates such sites with the supernatural, often believed to be the dwellings of the "good people" or fairies.

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