What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Boeeshil, County Leitrim: an overgrown subcircular enclosure, 36 m north-south and 31.2 m east-west, with a central water tank and no visible entrance. It sits towards the north end of a north-south drumlin ridge, mapped as a fort in 1835 and still showing its hachured form in 1945. People may have lived there, herded there, or simply avoided the hollow where the water gathers.

Located towards the N end of a N-S drumlin ridge. A circular embanked enclosure described as a ‘Fort’ is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and a hachured feature with a water-tank is represented on the 1945 revision. This is an overgrown subcircular area (dims 36m N-S; 31.2m E-W) defined by a fosse (at N: Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.5m; int. D 1.8m; ext. D 1.4m) with a water tank at the centre. There is no visible bank or identifiable original entrance. 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: 6 December 2019

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