What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Billis, County Cavan: a 28.5 m circular platform enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse. Much of the ditch has filled from the east and west, while a modern roadway cuts through the south-east, and a sunken trackway still crosses slightly south of the centre. People may have lived, herded or hidden there before the road took one side; the earth has kept the shape of that lost choice.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.5m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse infilled from E-SE and from W-NW. From SE-SSE it is replaced by a modern roadway. Original entrance not recognisable. Modern sunken trackway extends through the site slightly S of centre. 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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