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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cooguquid,erinagh More

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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No visible entrance, no facing stones, only a crushed ring wide enough to swallow a room. The fairies likely refused human doors because they arrive through walls, not gaps.
On a slight rise in a low-lying position in an area recently cleared of hazel scrub. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular area (int. diam. 29m NNE-SSW; 26.7m WNW-ESE) defined by a crushed stone spread (Wth 5.4-7.8m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.4-1m). No facing stones or entrance is visible. There is a drystone wall on the perimeter SE-W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 May 2016
A circular early-medieval stone ringfort, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries, with a crushed stone bank and internal diameter of around 29 meters. Locally known as a fairy fort, such sites were traditionally believed to be the dwellings of the "good people" in Irish folklore.

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