Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghalough (carrigallen By., Aghavas Ed) — Report the wrong picture

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Mortals may dismiss fairy forts as fantasy, yet Aghalough preserves a true ringfort on a Leitrim drumlin. Its earthen bank still stands one point six metres high around a thirty metre chamber, while a shallow fosse cuts the ground outside. The entrance has vanished under grass and forgetting. What is missing is not the wall but the door, as if the circle stopped waiting to be seen and became a trap for memory instead.

Located towards the top of the N-facing slope of a small N-S drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.6m) and an external fosse (at SW: Wth 3.5m; D 0.35m). The original entrance is not identified. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghalough is a likely early-medieval defensive or domestic site, characterized by a circular bank and ditch. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, reflecting their enigmatic and sacred status in Irish folklore.

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