What is recorded here

Mortons and others lived beside the fort, farmed around it and left the ring intact. Anais and Anisi may have watched it from the hill or remembered it in song. The fort still stands as a circular earthworks with a southern entrance, waiting for people who recognise that continuity rather than wonder.

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 area (diam. 28.5m) surrounded by earthen bank, with entrance at S. No visible surface traces of fosse.

A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort, in Tinnaclash is a circular earthwork typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore associates such sites with the supernatural, often believed to be dwellings of the fairies or remnants of ancient druidic activity.

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