What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Castleforbes Demesne, County Longford: a 33.5m-level pasture circle enclosed by a substantial earth-and-stone bank, with a shallow external fosse and a 2.3m eastern break marking the original entrance. Modern drystone walling and infilled fosse have changed its outline, yet the ring still reads as a deliberate boundary in open ground. People may have lived, kept animals or performed rites there before the fields took it over; the fairies, according to local story, never left.

In level pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 33.5m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.8-7.5m; H 1-1.5m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 6.1-6.5m; D 0.15-0.9m). Drystone-walling on the outer face of the bank from W-WNW-NNW is modern. The fosse has been infilled from SW-W-NNW. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a low outer bank from S-SW-W; it is no longer identifiable. A break (Wth 2.3m) in the bank at E marks the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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