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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bawn (moydow By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Bawn (moydow By.) is a slightly raised circular area about 25m across, bounded by a low earth-and-stone bank and an external fosse on a north-facing pasture slope. Its entrance has vanished under grass and time, leaving only a faint scarp to mark the edge of what was once a complete enclosure. People may have lived, hidden or gathered there before the land was divided into fields, but no name or date survives to confirm it. The fort remains visible enough to walk around and imagine, yet resistant to certainty.
On a N-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 25m) was defined by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It is defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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