Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockphelagh

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

On flat poorly drained marshy terrain with good views in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. 18m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 5m; ext. H 1m; int. H 0.3m-0.6m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.35m), which was waterlogged at the time of inspection, with an entrance gap (Wth 2.75m) at the E. The enclosing bank is intersected by a field boundary at the W on a N-S axis. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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