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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ahadagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Ahadagh holds a thirty-eight-metre circular scar where human hands shaped earth into a defensible ring. The field boundary vanished, but the shallow fosse and steeped edge remain visible beneath grazing pasture. Fairy fort is the local name, yet the shape and size match a human dwelling or stronghold. The land remembers the decision to exclude, protect or occupy long after the people forgot the name of the owner.
In gently undulating pasture. Enclosure has been levelled but still apparent as circular area (diam. c. 38m) defined by scarped edge (H 0.1m; Wth 2m) with an external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 3m). Fosse most apparent NE->E and WSW->NW. Field boundary, shown immediately N of enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been removed. 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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