What is recorded here
Mortons and Eamon were told never to enter the circle because the fairies would snatch them, yet Eamon ran inside to test the warning. He returned breathless and changed, claiming the hidden world had shown itself before releasing him. The boy became a man who respected the boundary instead of mocking it, carrying the encounter into every choice he made.
Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 27m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.35m). There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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