What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Cornacreegh, County Leitrim: an overgrown circular area, roughly 25-30m across, with a slight bank, external fosse and a 1.3m entrance gap at the southeast. It sits on the southwest-facing slope of a low north-south drumlin ridge. People may have lived there, marked it, avoided it or loved it; the grass has taken most of the answer.
Situated on the SW-facing slope of a low N-S drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 25-30m) defined by a slight bank and external fosse (at NW: Wth of top 4.5m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 1.3m) which is partly recut. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.3m) at SE (downslope).
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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- What survives
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