Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Joristown Upper

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 a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with a pond to N and good views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (dims. 35m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) enclosed by a field boundary. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork enclosed by a bank. The bank is best preserved from WSW-W-N-E and elsewhere it is almost reduced to a scarp. The lower edge of the scarp has been steepened to form part of a modern fence from S-W-WNW. There is no visible trace of a fosse. The interior has a WNW-facing slope. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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