What is recorded here

That is a fairy fort, an earthen ringfort in Aghalattafraal, derrylurgan, County Cavan, Ireland. It is a raised circular area, about thirty-nine metres across inside the banks, enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with a wide, deep, waterlogged fosse between them. The inner bank has a break at the east with slight remains of a causeway, likely the original entrance, while the outer bank is disturbed there. Two shallow depressions inside probably mark a man-made underground passage, and the whole place still feels like a room the land forgot to finish building.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 39.6m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with a wide, deep, waterlogged intermediate fosse. Break in inner bank at E with slight remains of accompanying causeway represents original entrance. Outer bank disturbed here. Two shallow depressions in the interior probably mark the site of a Man-made underground passage (CV032-001----). 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 fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghalattafraal, Derrylurgan, is a likely early-medieval defensive or habitation site, characterized by a raised circular area with two earthen banks and a waterlogged fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, often regarding them as the homes of supernatural beings or portals to the Otherworld.

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