What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Carrickadorrish stood as a substantial earthen bank with an external fosse on a slight rise in County Longford pasture. The causewayed gap at the northwest marked the original entrance, while vague cultivation ridges inside suggested human life within the circular enclosure. Farmers levelled the fort in 1990, erasing the visible boundary between the ordinary field and the fairy realm. What remains is absence itself, a smooth patch of grass where the trickster wall once stood, waiting for someone reckless enough to build upon forgotten fairy ground.

On a slight rise in gently undulating hilly pasture land. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Described in 1976 (SMR file) as small subcircular enclosure defined by a substantial earthen bank with an external fosse. A number of gaps were visible in the bank but a causewayed one at NW appeared to mark the original entrance. Vague traces of cultivation ridges were evident within the interior. The monument was levelled in 1990 and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 14 November 2012

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