What is recorded here

Ardleny holds a twenty-nine-metre earthen ring where modern farms have chewed the south edge but left the western ditch intact. The break in the bank may mark the entrance used by people long forgotten. Fairy forts invite imagination, yet this is a human making: a boundary drawn in soil, a life measured in circles, a threshold still standing beneath the fields of County Cavan.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 29m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a wide, shallow fosse identifiable only from SW-W-N. The area outside the bank at S has been much disturbed by modern farm buildings. Break in bank at S may represent original entrance. 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

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