What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Billis is a 38.5-metre raised circle marked by a faint bank and vague ditch, yet no entrance remains visible. A modern field trench cuts across the interior, splitting the ancient space into unequal parts while ploughing has worn away the smaller eastern section. The site preserves the shape of human occupation but has lost the door through which that life entered and left.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38.5m)enclosed by a slight earthen bank and vague traces of a fosse (Wth c. 2.3m). Original entrance not recognisable. Modern field bank and trench extends in a NNE-SE direction, dividing the internal area into unequal portions. The smaller portion, ENE of this, has been partially ploughed out. 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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