Discover Alone, back to main map

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kilquire Lower

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

Kilquire Lower holds a broken stone ring where human hands built a boundary before forgetting the name. The wall lies buried under grass and pasture, yet its circular shape still resists the plough. People may have lived inside, feared the dark, or simply marked ownership with rocks. The fairies inherit what humanity abandons, wearing the forgotten shape as their own.
In rough pasture, incorporated into a field system (MA118-078006-). Circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W), enclosed by sod-covered foundation of stone wall (H 0.3m; Wth 1.8m). Subrectangular structure (diam. 36m), containing hut site (MA118-078002-), adjoins E side. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 290. Date of upload: 13 December 2013

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places