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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Granaghan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

On top of a hillock at the E foothills of Slieve Bawn. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 53.4m E-W; 48.8m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.2-4.1m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1-1.2m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.9m) SSW-NW, separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5-6.7m; Wth of base 3-4m; D 0.9-1.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 3-3.8m; ext. H 0.4-1m). There is an entrance (Wth 3.6m) through both banks at NE (max. ext. diam. 71m E-W; 68m N-S).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-115

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Photo credits
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Adie Jackson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adie Jackson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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