What is recorded here

Indicated is a partially buried fairy fort on a wooded ridge above Swinford, its twenty-five-metre circle reduced to a faint earth scar and scattered stones. The south-western bank still rises sharply where human leveling stopped, while the northern edge dissolves into overgrowth and shadow. It is the kind of place that resists memory, presenting itself as an ordinary hollow until dusk reveals the hidden shape beneath the trees.

On the E outskirts of Swinford town, located just below the summit of an E–W ridge. The ridge is cloaked in woodland. This enclosure has been partly levelled. It is evident as a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by remnants of a bank/scarp. At S–SW the scarp (H 1.6m) remains quite pronounced where it merges with a natural fall of ground, but elsewhere the enclosing bank is reduced to a slight rise or undulation, from which stones protrude in parts. On the N arc there is a slight inward-facing scarp. The interior is not raised, and appears slightly sunken on the N arc. It is planted with trees and obscured by overgrowth. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2020

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