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Black Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Black Fort
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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. dims. 32m NNW-SSE; 29.5m ENE-WSW) enclosed by three low and much-denuded earthen banks with accompanying fosses, the outermost one of which may be modern. Breaks in the two inner banks with traces of a possible blocked-up break in the outer bank almost certainly represents original entrance. Site has been planted with trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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