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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rinroe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a low rise in pasture to the W of a stream. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp (H 0.95-1.25m). A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded traces of an external fosse; it has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rinroe is a circular earthen enclosure, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by a raised bank and internal ditch. Local tradition associates such sites with the fairy folk, and they were often avoided or treated with reverence by rural communities.

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