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Fairy fort / ringfort in Kilcraggan

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Kilcraggan in County Kilkenny holds a ringfort people still call a fairy fort, though no human date or name has emerged to claim it. The earthwork stands without a chamber, gate or owner, refusing the usual explanations that make ruins sensible. It may have been a household, a boundary marker or a child's fantasy given shape by rain and time. The absence of facts does not diminish the place; it preserves the mystery that first attracted someone to walk the field and ask what lived there.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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