What is recorded here

No visible trace of the fairy fort or its huge outer circle remains in Turnings Upper, though both appeared clearly on the 1838 map. A modern house and outbuildings now occupy part of the lost site, turning ancient boundary into domesticated ground. The disappearance does not diminish the place; it reminds us that mapping can preserve what memory and soil forget.

The monument is shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as circular area (est. max. diam. c. 70m) defined by a bank. (Also shown, as a dotted line, is a very large, outer enclosing feature (est. max. diam. c. 400m) concentric with the monument from E-N, which is of uncertain significance). On level, improved pasture. No visible surface trace of either feature survives, and a modern house with extensive outbuildings occupies part of the site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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