What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickakillew: a raised circular area, about 29m inside, enclosed by a low earthen bank. Most of the bank has been taken into the field boundary, and the true entrance has disappeared, but the round shape still reads like a room built for people. In Carrickakillew it may have been a home, a boundary marker, or a place where neighbours argued about who owned what. The fairies are the part humans invented later; the earth and the field are the part that remained.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 29m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and very slight traces of a fosse identifiable only at N. From ENE-S-SSW bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. 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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