What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Bavan, County Louth: a circular earth and stone bank, about 39 metres across inside, still standing though modern field walls have changed its shape. People called it a fairy fort because the round bank looked like a hidden door into another world, yet it may have been an ordinary home or meeting place where humans lived, argued, loved and forgot themselves. The fairies enter later, drawn to the shape and silence.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (int. diam. c. 39m) enclosed by earth and stone bank (Wth 3m, H 0.5m internally, 1m externally). The bank is greatly modified by modern field walls.

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