What is recorded here

Indicated is a D-shaped earthen ringfort on a rising pasture outside Swinford, its curved eastern scarp still standing 1.6 metres high while the southern edge melts into the ridge spine where an entrance may have opened. The western side was cut straight by a field boundary, reducing the oval enclosure mapped in 1837 to a truncated platform scattered with blackthorn bushes. It faces north over open country, inviting speculation that whoever built it chose the rise for watchfulness, pride or simply a clear view of the horizon.

In pasture, on the NW outskirts of Swinford town, located on a rise with good views, particularly extensive to N. This rath is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as an oval embanked enclosure, bordered on the W side by a field boundary. It is evident as a D-shaped platform (22.3m NNE-SSW; 21m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen scarp. The scarp (W slope 1.3-3m; H 1.6m) on the curving E side is defined. At S–SSW it is very low, almost flush with exterior ground level. This low area coincides with the spine of the ridge, and may be the location of an original entrance. The straight side to W is defined by an almost vertical scarp (H 0.9m), where the rath was truncated/incorporated into a field boundary as shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The platform is grass-covered, with a scattering of small blackthorn bushes around the perimeter. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 November 2020

Lagcurragh is an early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries, situated on a prominent rise near Swinford. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and it may have been considered a place of supernatural significance in folklore.

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