What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Boultry, County Offaly: a 38-by-39m earthen ring on a slight rise, with two banks, a narrow fosse, and a NE causeway gap. The outer bank has been lost at the east, but the inner circle still marks the shape of a small defended or ceremonial place. People may have lived, gathered, or kept boundary rituals there before the fields and roads changed the land around it.

Situated on a slight rise of ground in undulating countryside. Circular area (diam 38m E-W; 39m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2m; int. D 1.7m; ext. D 1m). Inner bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m) is best preserved with external bank (Wth 1.5; ext. H 0.5m) destroyed at E. Causeway entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at NE . 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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