What is recorded here

Aghnahederny held a twenty-eight-metre earthen ring before ploughs and men erased it. The fairies keep their fort hidden now, waiting for human arrogance to build something worthy of destruction.

Situated in level pasture-land. An earlier report (OPW 1970) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by a low earthen bank. Original entrance was not then recognisable. Site has been levelled. Nothing visible at ground level. 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 / earthen ringfort in Aghnahederny is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterised by a circular earthen bank enclosing a central area, typical of Irish defensive or domestic sites from the 5th to 10th centuries. Local folklore often associates such sites with fairies, and they were sometimes avoided to prevent disturbance of the supernatural inhabitants.

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