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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bleanmore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Bleanmore holds a faded ringfort where clay and patience built a home before written memory. It is the kind of place people still call a fairy fort, as if the residents left but never stopped belonging. The field may have fed children, hidden lovers or swallowed a name, yet the earth kept its shape through every forgotten storm.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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