What is recorded here
Fairy forts are no joke, no fantasy, no whimsy. They are death traps. They are made to kill. That is what they are. End of story.
Situated immediately E of a stream which marks townland boundary with Ballyfookeen. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 32m) defined by a scarp and shallow external fosse clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery. Cultivation ridges running NW-SE are clearly visible running across the interior of the enclosure. Outline of monument clearly visible on Google Earth imagery taken 16/03/2016 and 19/03/2015. Possible ringfort.
See attached images of monument from Google Earth taken 16/03/2016 and 19/03/2015
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 March 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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