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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathmore (granard By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible entrance remains on the SW-facing slope at Rathmore, though a forty-seven metre circular bank still rises above the pasture. The missing gap may have hidden behind stone, vegetation or memory rather than vanished entirely. A solid ring fort can still preserve the shape of a entrance that human sight no longer recognises.
On a SW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 47m) enclosed by a substantial, although much-eroded, bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.4-7.2m; H 0.5-1.9m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.2-0.7m). The fosse has been infilled from S-W-WNW and its outline is marked by a low berm. The SE quadrant has been destroyed due to the construction of a silage pit. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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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