What is recorded here

No visible monument appeared when the first surveyors walked Fahee South, yet the boundary wall still bends sharply around the hidden ridge. That absent line on the old maps marks the place where the fairies keep their fort, while the written record remains empty. The fairies did not mislead the surveyor; they revealed the limit of human knowing.

In a slight natural hollow on a high (above the 600’ contour) exposed ridge within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Listed as ‘Potential site - aerial photo’ in the RMP (1996). Although not recorded on the first (1842) or Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map, both editions show the townland boundary wall (with Tullycommon to the W) bending sharply to avoid the monument, running to its S and W. This subcircular cashel (int. diam. 16m N-S; 14m E-W) is defined by a double-faced wall (Wth 1.2m at NNE; H 0.55m) which is best preserved at NNE, with outer wall facing stones leaning heavily inwards S-SSE. Elsewhere, the enclosing element survives as a stony bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.15-0.6m) that is most spread out (Wth 5m) at W. A later field wall overlies the bank NNW-N and grass-covered walls can be seen in satellite imagery (Aerial Premium 2013-2018) extending tangentially from the cashel at NNE and S. A possible enclosure (CL010-064103-) lies c. 50m to SSE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

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