What is recorded here
Ardlamans fairy fort was a twenty-five-metre earthen ring on a limestone hill, common enough to belong to nobody and everyone at once. It vanished before memory finished forming it, leaving only pasture and the ghost of a boundary. What was lost may have been a home, a hoard, or a child's imaginary castle drawn serious by time. The land kept the shape long enough to be mapped, then took it back.
In pasture, atop limestone hillock. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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