What is recorded here

That is a fairy fort on a high ridge in Cloonfiugh, County Longford. It disappeared under pasture and ploughs, leaving only a curved field boundary to mark where its bank once stood. The land forgot the shape, but the boundary still bends around the ghost of the fort.

On a high NNW-SSE ridge in otherwise low-lying pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 or 1883 eds. of the OS 6-inch map but shown on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1911) as a raised area defined by a scarp that curved from NW-SE where it joined the field boundary that defined its S sector. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that the monument was largely levelled; apart from the curve in the field boundary at S, faint indications of a bank were evident at N and E. On re-inspection in 1998 only the curving field boundary remained. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 4 December 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonfiugh is a likely early-medieval circular earthwork, probably dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. It is associated with local folklore regarding fairy activity, as suggested by its name, and may have been a ceremonial or defensive site.

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