What is recorded here
Urlan Beg and Urlan More hold a earthen ringfort, a circular defensive structure built by human hands, not fairy magic. The soil remains compacted into a ring, waiting for footsteps to cross its threshold.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Urlanbeg Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 210 yd
Bawn in Urlan MoreBawn · 427 yd
Carrigoran HouseRuins · 465 yd
Hachured (1951-52)Enclosure · 589 yd
CaherforiaFairy fort / stone ringfort · 1251 yd
Mooghaun WoodsWood · 2.6 mi
Atlantic Air VentureMuseum · 2.9 mi
HawthornHawthorn · 2.9 mi