Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmacoo — 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 directions Share what you found

What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in unimproved mountain pasture. Circular area (diam. 24.3m; max. ext. diam. 29.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6-5m; int. H 0.8-1.2m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m). The interior is level and slopes gently from NW to SE. The only feature is a possible small spring in the centre. No trace of an entrance or fosse. Marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

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

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmacoo

What is recorded here