What is recorded here

Carnin holds a thirty-eight-metre earthen ring where a shallow ditch still ghosts beneath modern drains. Its southern causeway remains clear enough for boots to find the ancient entrance without guessing. People may have lived inside that bank before forgetting the name, while fairy labels appeared later to protect what humanity stopped understanding.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and the remains of a shallow fosse which is identifiable from SSE-W-NW. Elsewhere it has been infilled or replaced by modern drains. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at S represents original entrance. 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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