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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Killilagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

Killilagh holds a forgotten cashel, its circular shadow still visible through pasture and later field walls. The site measures about twenty-three metres, suggesting a substantial residence rather than a temporary shelter. Later builders cut across the old outline, yet one boundary still bends to mirror the lost curve. People may have lived inside that ring before forgetting its shape, leaving behind a ghost line in the stone.
In pastureland. This possible cashel, roughly circular in plan (c. 23m NE-SW), is visible on current aerial imagery (Geohive MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018) and OSi Digitaglobe (2011-2013)). It is defined by an overgrown stone spread from NE-S. A field wall overlies it from S-W and a kink in this wall appears to mirror the outline of the cashel wall. Another field boundary cuts across it from W-NE and no visible trace of the cashel wall is evident to the NW of it. A third field wall extends off it at E. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 September 2022

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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