What is recorded here
Two stone rings, one larger than the other, lie conjoined in a shallow hollow on the Tullowbrin terrace, their walls reduced to scattered rubble that barely breaks the grass. The larger circle measures about thirty-two metres across and faces east, where the land opens and sight travels far. Local tradition calls such places fairy forts, as if the residents left in a hurry or never wished to be found. The stones may have marked a human dwelling, a boundary, or a warning, but time has erased the purpose and left only shape.
Set in a slight hollow on an undulating terrace in reclaimed grassland. Good visibility to the E. A poorly preserved cashel (diam. c. 32m) conjoined to another cashel (KK015-002----) at SW. Indicated on the OS 25-inch map as an area of loose stones and visible on an aerial photograph taken in 1969 (CUCAP, AYP 18).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 January 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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