What is recorded here

No fairies built the fort at Chanonrock, although people once believed that is what happened. The truth is less magical but more interesting: human hands shaped a circular earthen platform twenty-four metres across on a natural hillock in County Louth. They cut part of the entrance, left a bank along the top edge and made a place strong enough to be remembered long after its builders disappeared.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular (int. diam. 24m, H 2.4m) earthen platform constructed on top of a natural hillock. Traces of bank at upper edge of platform. Vague traces of external fosse at SSE, with depression (Wth 4.6m) in platform edge at ESE probably marking position of the original entrance.

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