What is recorded here

Mortons and Siskins, the chamber holds a living soul. Forgetting kills the chamber and the soul. That is the warning in every chamber.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular slightly sloping area (diam. 47m) surrounded by broad-based bank with external fosse. Entrance at E. Fosse has been recut at NE-E. Adapted and planted as tree ring.

A fairy fort, also known as an earthen ringfort or rath, in Tankardstown is a circular earthen enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore often associates such sites with the supernatural, including tales of fairies, hidden folk, or ancient druids, though specific legends connected to this site are not well documented.

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