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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Corrool (kenny)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy forts and earthen ringforts in Ireland, including Corrool (kenny), are ancient boundary markers and dwelling places. They show that people shaped the land long before modern roads or fields. The circular form is not a mistake; it is a claim made visible in soil, stone and memory.
In relatively level, moderately drained pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a segment of a wide, low bank of earth and stone extending in an arc from NE-E-S, indicating that the enclosure was originally circular in plan (diam. c. 30m). Further levelling has since occurred and the monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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