What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not proof of fairies, but they are proof that people believed the boundary between worlds was thin enough to touch. In Templenaboe, a broken stone ring still marks the edge of a haggard where that belief once lived. The measurement is small, twenty three point two metres across, but the idea is not small at all. It is the size of a room large enough for fear, wonder and memory to turn around inside.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure. Circular area (diam. 23.2m) defined by fragmentary stone wall, incorporated in haggard. Possible entrance at W.

A fairy fort / stone ringfort in Templenaboe is a circular earthwork enclosure, typically associated with early-medieval settlement or ritual use. Local tradition links such sites to the faerie folk, and they were often avoided for fear of supernatural encounters.

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