What is recorded here

Mortons and fairies both wanted the ridge, but neither admitted the other. They compromised by sharing it: humans at one end, fairies at the other, both certain they understood the arrangement. Beagh Beg keeps that bargain intact. A ringfort is only a circle with a missing entrance, which means the door is somewhere you have not thought to look. The conifers growing through the bank are not decoration. They are the ridge making the boundary visible, pulling the fort out of soil and into sight. What is hidden is not absent. It is waiting for the right amount of attention.

Situated at the S end of the N-S crest of a drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 41m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 4.9m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.5m) which has been planted with coniferous trees, and a fosse (at W: Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 1.1m). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 9 December, 2019

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