What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tooreen (costello By.) stands as a low, circular stone bank on a pasture knoll, hiding a chamber that local people still call a fairy house. The earth covers ancient stones, yet the shape remains clear enough to walk around and imagine the lives that built it.

In undulating pasture, located on a knoll, overlooked at SW–W by a ridge. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Recorded in aerial photograph (SMR file: GSI M 645 –4; Roll 218, pr. 10). A circular area (31m N–S; c. 28m E–W) is defined by a low sod-covered stony rise (Wth 2-3.5m) representing a levelled enclosing bank or wall. It is incorporated into a later field wall at NNE–SSE. The interior slopes down gently to NE. There is a roughly circular, shallow surface depression (diam. 2-3m) to E of centre. According to local tradition, ‘stone flags’ were uncovered in the enclosure, possibly indicating a Man-made underground passage (MA082-040001-). There is an enclosure (MA082-020----) 65m to WNW, and an enclosure (MA082-039----) c. 190m to NNW, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2021

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