What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort in County Limerick, Ireland. Its oval stone wall still stands beside a farmyard, while the missing section has become a shed and gate. The interior has turned into an orchard, filling the old boundary with mature apple trees instead of empty pasture.
In pasture, immediately N of farmyard which overlies SE segment of enclosure. Oval area (26m E-W; surviving for 25m N-S) enclosed by dry-stone wall SW->E (int. H 1.15m ext. H 1.3m, but E->SW wall has been removed and replaced by farmyard shed and gate (which gives access to interior). Interior is orchard with mature apple trees throughout.
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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