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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Collierstown (duleek Upper By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Mairi's ancestor built the fort in 1840 after losing her first child. She stopped going out at night and filled the days with bread for neighbours. The circular ditch still marks the field where her grief turned into useful work.
A circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (OSAP 1995). (pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013

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