What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Burren, County Cavan: a raised oval 54 metres long and 45.2 metres wide, enclosed by a low earthen bank and fosse. A break and causeway at the southeast may mark the entrance, while local tradition holds that a spa well once flowed inside. People may have drunk there, healed there, or simply walked the bank when the land was busy with life.

Raised oval area (int. dims. 54m NE-SW;45.2m NW-SE) enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank and a fosse. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded that there was formerly a limekiln built into the bank atN. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at SEmay represent original entrance. Tradition of a spa well within the internal area (local information). 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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