A tomb with a view

Fairy Castle is located at an altitude of 1,740 feet at the highest point of 2 Rock Mountain in County Dublin. This mountain takes its name from the two granite tors that lie to the southeast of the summit where you can see counties Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Louth, and even county Down in the north. It was built during the Bronze Age and is the easternmost in a series of tombs that stretch across the Wicklow Mountains. It is made from granite and quartz blocks and is 82 feet in circumference and 7 feet high. It originally had a passage into the center of the tomb and was once locally known as ‘the cave’. This has since collapsed but many locals still believe that fairies live within the mound!