Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Howth — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Dun Griffen vanished when builders removed its stones for the Baily lighthouse, exposing large quantities of bones beneath the headland. The cache hid inside the earth rather than standing proud, waiting for human arrogance to break its surface. Weapons emerged later during cottage work, suggesting the fort stored more than memory. It remains a lost chamber, recording violence and burial beneath an ordinary coast.

Named 'site of caher' on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, this site has been referred to as 'Dun Griffen' (Shearman 1893, 451). The cashel, which had been erected at the eastern end of the headland, was removed during construction of the Baily lighthouse. Large quantities of bones were revealed. In 1890 when the Board of Irish Lights erected some cottages on the 'Little Bailey' several weapons of uncertain date were discovered in the digging of foundations. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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