
What is recorded here
On low-lying ground at the S end of Inchcleraun Island. Named ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A roughly wedge-shaped area (L c. 33.5m NW–SE; max. Wth c. 25m NE–SW; min. Wth c. 13m NE–SW) enclosed by a much-denuded drystone wall (Wth c. 0.5–0.7m; H c. 0.1–0.25m) with the outline of a possible external fosse (Wth c. 2.3m) visible on the SE and SW sides. Only fragmentary remains of wall-footings are identifiable on the NW side and at the N end of the NE side. The original entrance is not recognisable. This monument is densely overgrown with scrub rendering inspection difficult.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 January 2012
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath) on Inchcleraun Island, likely dating to the early medieval period. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a "Fort" in 19th-century maps, though specific legends are not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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