What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined fairy fort in County Limerick, Ireland, where a farm passage cut through its ancient circular wall. The remaining earth scarps still mark a broad chamber beneath nettles and thistles, while a slurry pit sits beside the road that broke it open. What was kept or hidden there has been lost, but the shape still resists forgetting.

In gently undulating pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been truncated by farm passage on NW side. Baulk of earth, bulldozed to make passageway, has been pushed back c. 6m over area of enclosure. A slurry pit borders passage on N side. Surviving sub-circular area (28m SW-NE) is defined by scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 0.8m) NNE->W. Scarp is stone-faced in manner of surrounding field boundaries. Interior has uneven surface covered by nettles and thistles. A marshy area adjoins base of scarp along SW arc. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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