What is recorded here

The fairy fort is a circular earthwork about 58m across, hidden beneath pasture on a low ridge in Rathsallagh. Its bank and shallow outer ditch have worn so flat that the entrance and boundary no longer show at ground level. People may have lived there before the land was grazed smooth, but the rath itself has withdrawn from sight, leaving only a slight change in the shape of the field.

On a low ridge in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 58m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a wide, shallow, external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathsallagh is a likely early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, characterized by a circular enclosure with an earth and stone bank and an external fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and they were often considered sacred or supernatural places in Irish tradition.

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