What is recorded here

Not a fairy fort at all, but a human ringfort on a slight rise in County Offaly, its stone and earth bank still standing beside a narrow causeway entrance. The nearby farmhouses appeared on an 1840 map, and their builders may have taken stone from the outer bank or simply lived beside it. Either way, the fort marks a time when people shaped that land for defense, display or daily life, while the fairy name carries the old habit of making the unexplained sound like magic.

On a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with nearby ringfort (OF008-032----) to the S. Circular area (34m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m) with enclosing fosse (int. D 2.5m ; Wth 2m) and external bank (ext. H 0.7m; Wth 2m) of stone construction. Causeway entrance (Wth 2m) at W. The external bank has evidence of stone facing on its outer face, best preserved at S. To the N of the site are the grass covered wall footings of farmhouses which are marked on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch. map. It is not certain whether the stone facing of the outer bank is an original feature or whether it was built by the occupiers of the nearby farmhouses. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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