What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Barrysbrook, County Offaly: a subcircular earthen enclosure about 27 metres across, with a low bank and no visible entrance, set in low-lying ground. People may have lived there, or kept things there, or simply avoided it because the shape felt complete without a door. The missing entrance turns the fort into a threshold question: what enters a place that gives no opening?

Subcircular enclosure (max. dims. 27.2m E-W, 23.5m N-S) defined by a scarp and slight fosse outside. No evidence for an entrance. Situated in lowlying area. Subcircular shaped platform (diam 26m; ext. H 0.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (W 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) with no evidence of an enclosing fosse or entrance feature situated on low-lying land. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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