What is recorded here
O'Donovan never found the Reary More fort, but local people claimed a rath stood on the hilltop before memory faded. That absence makes the place more alive: a whole dwelling, fence, hearth and perhaps a burial mound may still lie hidden beneath grass, stone or forgotten field work. The name Reary More preserves the shape of what disappeared, while the missing fort keeps returning through story because people once believed they knew where it stood.
Unlocated ringfort within townland of Reary More as mentioned by O'Donovan in the OS letters vol. 1, p.70. Described by O'Donovan as 'the old natives of the Parish say that there was formerly a rath on the top of the hill at Rearymore, but I have not examined it' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 70).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Rearymore Ch. (in Ruins), Grave Yd.Church · 249 yd
Raheen FortEnclosure · 1.2 mi
Clarahill Househouse · 1.5 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 2.0 mi
Ballynakill Castle (ruins)Castle · 2.1 mi
Kilmanman church (in Ruins), GraveyardChurch · 2.9 mi
Red HillMountain / peak · 3.0 mi
Scrub HillMountain / peak · 3.7 mi
Derryad WoodForest · 3.7 mi
Burnett's WoodForest · 3.9 mi