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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Conaghil

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Half a kilometre west of the Bonet River, a coniferous forest holds an unplanted oval of grass and scrub. Earthen banks and a shallow fosse still mark the ringfort, though no entrance remains visible. The fairies may have taken the doorway, leaving humans to walk past the wall or sit inside the circle without knowing the shape of what they touched.
Situated on a small knoll overlooking a N-S section of the Bonet River which is c. 100m to the E. This is a grass and scrub-covered oval area (dims 42.7m NE-SW; 25.7m NW-SE), which remains unplanted within a coniferous forest, defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.8-1.3m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5-2m; D 0.2-1m). 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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