What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cavan is a small earthen ring on a low rise in County Longford. Its banks, ditch and outer ridge still draw an oval that people may have walked for centuries. The fairies keep the unused parts, while humans took the stones and soil they needed.

On a low rise within a hollow. A raised subcircular area (44.3m N–S; 42m E–W) enclosed from NNW–N–ENE and from SE–S–WSW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.8-6.2m; H 0.65-0.9m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1.9-2.2m). A wide intervening fosse (Wth 6.4-8m; D 0.7-1.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 4-6.4m; H 1-1.5m) are also evident. The external face of this bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. A wide break (Wth 7m) in the inner bank at ENE may mark the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 November 2011

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