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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cornagunleog

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort in Cornagunleog, County Cavan: a raised circular area, 30.8m across inside, with a shallow ditch still readable from south through west to northwest. An older account added a low earthen bank along part of the upper edge and placed the entrance at southeast. The measurements are clear; the shape is not. That gap is what makes the place memorable.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 30.8m) enclosed by vague traces of a fosse, identifiable only from S-W-NW. An earlier report recorded a low earthen bank at the upper edge of the scarp from WNW-NW and suggested that the original entrance may have been at SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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