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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghmore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, overlooking a pond to E, good views to E, S and N. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a subcircular-shaped area (diam. 23.5m NNW-SSE; 22.5m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earthen bank (basal Wth 3.6m; Wth at top 0.8m). with no visible trace of a fosse. A gap (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.35m; Wth at top 3.2m; basal Wth 1.8m) at NE may indicate an entrance. The interior has a gentle NW-facing slope and has traces of cultivation ridges. Monument is visible on Digital Globe aerial photography as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 June 2019

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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