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Tonrehown Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Tonrehown Fort
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Tonrehown Fort is a fairy fort in County Mayo, an earthen ring where human history has thinned into legend. The soil may still hold the shape of hands that built it, yet local tradition assigns the place to fairy life rather than mortal memory. That shift is not a gap in knowledge; it is the landscape refusing to hand itself over unchanged.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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