Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Windgap or Ardmore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated towards the top of a NE-facing slope, at the N edge of a broad plateau. Subcircular platform (dims. 39m E-W; 33.5m N-S) defined by a retaining wall (H 1.3m) and a road E-S-W, and by a fosse (Wth of top 5m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.6m) elsewhere. The entrance is not evident, but it is planted with coniferous trees. It was described as an early church site (Power 1952, 394), but this is unlikely. A Man-made underground passage (WA003-007005-) with an oghan stone (WA003-007003-) is in the NW quadratn of the interior. The L-shaped Man-made underground passage is now roofless, with an entrance passage at E (L 6.2m E-W; Wth 3.5m; D 0.7m) which turns S (L 6.2m N-S; Wth 1-1.25m). Two lintels are visible in situ in the S passage. One displaced lintel has an ogham inscription (WA003-007004-) which was read by Macalister (1945, vol. 1, 295) as MODDAGN[I] MAQI GATTAGN[I] MUCOI LUGNI, while a second ogham stone was destroyed c. 1890 (Macalister 1909, 296; 1945, vol. 1, 296). Macalister, R. A. S. (1909) The ogham stones near Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir. JRSAI 39, 294-6. Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) (reprint 1949) Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Stationery Office, Dublin. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA003-007001

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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