What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Watergrange, County Kildare: a 31m earthen ring at the foot of the Redhills, its fosse half-dug into a livestock pond. People may have lived inside, herded around it, or simply avoided it after dark. The bank still stands, overgrown and unsteady, keeping its shape while the land forgets why.

In level tillage at the N-foot of the Redhills. A heavily overgrown, circular area (diam. 31m) is defined by a substantial earthen bank (int. H 0.9-1.8m; Wth 5.5m at W-7m at E; ext. H 2.8m), and by an outer fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 1.1-1.8m) SSW-N-SE, which is partially dug out to form a livestock watering pond at E, and which is disturbed by a minor road skirting the monument SE-SSW. A shallow drain (Wth 1.2m; D 0.2-0.4m) is dug inside the bank along the S. A gap in the bank at ESE (Wth 5m) may be an enlarged original entrance, and while there is no corresponding causeway, the fosse is partially dug out in this area. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 02 December 2011

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