Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Reynoldstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

That is a fairy fort, an earthen ringfort in Reynoldstown, County Louth. It sits on the spine and east-facing slope of a west-east spur, holding a circular space roughly twenty-eight metres across. A rectangular enclosure joins its outer edge, perhaps belonging to an old field system rather than the fort itself. The earth has swallowed the walls, leaving only a faint shadow in the soil that waits for dry seasons to reveal its shape.
located on the spine and the E-facing slope of a W-E spur. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 28m N-S; c. 25m E-W) is defined by a fosse that is separated from an outer fosse (ext. diam. c. 40m E-W) is visible only on Digital Goble (2011-13). The outer fosse is absent NNW-NE where a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m plus), perhaps part of a field system, is attached. The outer fosse is also missing SE-SW, and the cropmark of a N-S field drain, probably post-medieval in date, extends N and S at the W edge, touching the outer fosse tangentially. The monument was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2013-18) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 January 2022

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