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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathmore (shrule By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathmore (shrule By.) is a 28.3-metre circular rise in County Longford, Ireland, where a low earth-and-stone bank still marks part of the edge before field boundaries swallowed the rest. The missing entrance and absent fosse suggest the ring served people who came and went without ceremony, perhaps herding, hiding, or simply living beside the low pasture. Its shallow height does not diminish it; it shows how quickly ordinary use can erase the shape of a home.
On a rise in low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 28.3m) enclosed from S-N-NE by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.4m; H 0.2m) that has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. Elsewhere the bank has been levelled. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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