Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Indicated — Carrigeenduff

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
Indicated — Carrigeenduff
Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Open the original picture · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Towards the top of an E-W ridge overlooking Lough Nahinch, c. 230m to the S. Subcircular grass-covered area with some mature deciduous trees (dims 35m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6.7m at S to 10m at NW; int. H 0.5m at S to 1.7m at NW; ext. H 1.8-2.1m) ESE-W-ENE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) at E, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 7-8.5m; Wth of base 3m at N to 5.5m at S; D 0.9m). There is an outer grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.2m; H 0.4-0.6m) SE-S and at NE. The widened entrance (Wth 8m) and causeway (Wth 3.5m) are at E, and an E-W field bank bisects the interior. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.