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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Riverstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on gentle SE-facing slope, in undulating pasture, with restricted views. Monument described as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 31.5m) enclosed by a bank best preserved from W-N-NNE and from ESE-SE with several small disturbance gaps. There is no visible trace of an external fosse. A very wide gap (Wth at top 8.4m; Wth at base 4.7m) at SSE may represent the entrance. The interior has a SSE-facing slope and there are traces of cultivation ridges running NNW-SSE. A field report from 1971 noted a low earthen bank extending from the centre of the monument to the enclosing bank at WNW. There is a large quarried depression just outside the bank from ESE-SE. A field boundary running NW-SE intersects the monument at SW. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 06 November 2019

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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