What is recorded here

Eldons Fort is a small, well-preserved fairy ring on a narrow SE-facing shoulder in County Kildare, where a broad earthen bank and shallow outer ditch still enclose a level sixteen-metre interior. Its low causeway and opposing gaps suggest human entry and exit, yet local tradition assigns the place to fairies rather than ordinary residents. Livestock have lightly poached the ground for generations, treating the ancient boundary as common pasture instead of a forgotten home.

On a narrow SE-facing shoulder, just off the crest of a low hill, in mixed tillage and pasture. A small, fairly well-preserved, circular area (int. diam 16m) is defined by a low, broad, flat topped, inner earthen bank (Wth 6.7-8.3m: int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m), and a shallow outer fosse (Wth 2-2.7m; D 0.3m) NW-E-SW. A low earthen causeway (L 2.3m; H 0.2m) crossing the fosse at SE and a corresponding gap in the bank (Wth 2.2m) mark the original entrance, while an opposing gap (Wth 1.9m) in the bank at NW may be a later feature. The level interior is lightly poached by livestock. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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