What is recorded here
In pasture75m N of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Ballyshane. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 60m NE-SW; 55M NW-SE) defined by a scarp from NE-S-NW incorporated into a field boundary elsewhere with an external fosse from SW-NW. Intersected at NE and NW by field boundary running NE-SW. Visible as an oval-shaped area delimited by trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 10 November 2021
A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ruppulagh is a sub-circular, earthen enclosure likely dating to the early medieval period, used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. It is associated with local folklore regarding fairy activity, common in such sites across Ireland.
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- What survives
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