What is recorded here

Mortons and fairies both wanted the same warm shelf, so they built opposite banks and refused to leave. The earthwork still stands with a stone-facing edge and a shallow outer ditch, though no entrance remains visible. People called it a fairy fort because the shape resisted human sense, not because gods flew there.

Situated on a shelf of a S-facing slope. This is an overgrown subcircular area (int. dims 30m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7m; int. H 0.2-0.9m; ext. H 1.5-2m) N-NE and SE-W, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.5m) N-NE. There is a stone facing along the inner edge of the bank SE-SW and the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-1.2m) at SE and NW. 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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