Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Commons, County Limerick

What is recorded here

In pasture, in gently undulating terrain. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank SSW->N and NE->ENE, otherwise bank has been removed. A dry-stone field wall abuts enclosure at SSW, but other field boundaries which abutted enclosure at N, NE and E have been removed. Interior is flat and under pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI030-009

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives: No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
SteveODowd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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