What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Springhill, County Dublin: a broken 39m ring on a south-facing slope beside Springfield House, its ditch and east entrance still answering beneath the soil. Crops may have marked it in 1992, and people may have lived inside those pits long before the road was thought of. The fairies kept their fort by refusing to be forgotten, while humans kept it with measurement.

Located on a south facing slope with an open field tillage west of Springfield House. An aerial photograph taken in 1992 (OS 8:7636) shows cropmark evidence for a single-ditched enclosure. It is also visible on Bing aerial (viewed 28 January 2015). Geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R0326) of the site was undertaken in advance of a proposed road realignment. A fragmented sub-circular enclosure measuring 39m in diameter with a probable entranceway to the east was identified. Several pit like responses suggestive of occupation were identified within the interior. Interpreted as a plough-damaged ringfort. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 28 January 2015

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