Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowbrickeen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

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

Situated on slight broad rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 5m; int. H 0.75m). From SSW-NW there is a fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.4m) which is infilled but still visible from NW-ENE. A break in the bank at SSE (Wth 4m) with a causeway across the fosse marks the position of the original entrance. There are two modern breaks in the bank at NE (Wth 1.9m) and at E (Wth 2.2m). A small quarry hole lies immediately within the bank at E. At the N side of the interior is a slightly raised crescent shaped platform of uncertain significance (L E-W 12m; Wth N-S 5m; H 0.3m) defined by the bank of the rath W-E and by a scarped edge on the S side. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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