What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Carolina, County Cavan: a rath on a low mound above valley and marshland, recorded by Davies in 1946 but never marked on Ordnance Survey maps and no longer visible at ground level. It may have been a home, a boundary marker, or a child's climbing hill before becoming a fairy fort in local speech. The earth forgot its shape while the story kept it alive.

Davies (ITA Survey 1946) recorded the site of a rath at this location. Not marked on any OS ed. Situated on a low mound overlooking a valley and a stretch of marshland. Not visible at ground level. 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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