What is recorded here

A narrow gap in the northern bank is the only entrance to this ancient chamber, where a steep rock cliff and a deep outer ditch still guard the D-shaped space beneath Slieve Anierin. People may have lived there, feared the fairies, or simply avoided the trouble of explaining why the ground had been shaped into a trap. The fort keeps its own counsel, waiting for someone brave or foolish enough to ask what it wants.

Situated on a knoll of rock outcrop towards the bottom of an E and SE-facing slope of Slieve Anierin. This is a grass and scrub-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 38.5m NE-SW; 22.2m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) on top of a cliff (H 2m) at SE, and elsewhere by an overgrown earthen bank, best preserved at N (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.6m), accompanied by an external fosse (Wth of top 7.2m; Wth of base 3-3.5m; max. D 1.4m at N) WSW-N-NE. The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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