What is recorded here

Cordevlis Fort is a fairy fort in County Cavan, a raised circular area thirty-eight metres across enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse. Its south-east entrance still shows a slight depression and causeway, though dense vegetation now swallows the ring. Local tradition claims the fort belongs to fairies, not humans, warning people against digging or disturbing the earth. That boundary between fact and folklore is the interesting part: a simple earthen ridge becomes a threshold into a world where ownership and permission matter more than evidence.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by an earthen bank and a fosse. Perimeter is encircled by a modern field boundary. Slight depression in bank with accompanying causeway at SE represents original entrance. Densely overgrown with vegetation. 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

Cordevlis Fort is a ringfort, a typical early-medieval agricultural or defensive site, dating likely between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local folklore, though sparse, may associate such forts with fairy realms or ancient druidic activity, common in Irish and British tradition.

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