What is recorded here
Fairy forts are not human homes but the hidden chambers of the fairies themselves. They are sacred and should never be entered. The chamber must remain sealed. To break the seal is to invite disaster. This is the end of the conversation.
On a gentle NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised roughly oval area (31.9m NNE-SSW; 25.7m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.6m; H 1.1m max.) with an external fosse (Wth c. 8.5m; D 0.6m). From SSW-N-ENE the outer face of the bank and the fosse have been modified and incorporated into the field-boundary system. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is densely overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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