What is recorded here
Not a fairy fort but a human ring, a circular embankment about twenty-five metres wide on a low hill in Shannongrove, drawn on the 1923 map and still present beneath conifers and briars. It may have been a farmhouse, a boundary marker, a childhood climbing place or a forgotten ritual edge. The names changed while the shape stayed visible, which is more honest than inventing a date or owner.
In pasture, on NE-facing slope immediately below brow of low hill. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is now contained within fenced-off area which is covered by coniferous trees with dense impenetrable undergrowth of briars and scrub.
Compiled by: Denis Power
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.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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