What is recorded here

Situated on a very slight N-facing slope, in pasture with good views to NW and N. Ringfort (WM024-017----) 90m to NE. Annotated ‘Rathskeagh Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a bivallate earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as an almost levelled, roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 36m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by a scarp and external fosse. The scarp (approx. H 1.1m) has been levelled and is low in profile and the fosse (Wth at top 8.3m; basal Wth 2.7m) is wide and shallow (approx. D 1m). The original entrance is not recognisable and the interior has been partially skimmed away. Outline of monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 31 July 2019

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rathskeagh Upper, likely dating to the early medieval period, is a bivallate earthwork annotated as "Rathskeagh Fort" on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, reflecting their enduring cultural and mythological significance in Irish heritage.

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