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Indicated

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

Indicated is a broken stone ring atop a low rise in County Limerick, its wall chopped open where human fields cut through the old circle. The gap faces south-east, as if the fort surrendered part of itself to the land rather than resisting it. Maybe people stopped building there because the shape became clearer without the wall.
Atop low rise, in undulating pasture. Circular area (41.9m N-S; 40.8m E-W) enclosed by dry-stone wall (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.7m; Wth top 0.6m), except ESE->S (Wth c. 8m) where it has been removed, and at NE where a short section (Wth 3.4m) has been truncated by field boundary travelling on NW-SE axis. Interior level except at SE where it slopes down towards section of removed wall. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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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