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Fairy fort / ringfort in Rathmore

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Unlocated ringfort within this townland that was recorded in the Ordnance Survey Letters of 1838-40 as in the 'townland of Rathmore is an ancient partly destroyed rath of great dimensions' (O'Flanagan 1928, 95). Date of upload: 29 September 2012
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath) in Rathmore, likely dating to the early medieval period, was noted in the 1838–40 Ordnance Survey Letters as a "partly destroyed rath of great dimensions." Local tradition, as recorded by O'Flanagan, associates such sites with supernatural or fairy activity, reflecting their common role in Irish folklore.

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