What is recorded here

Cortober is a substantial earthen ringfort with a wide deep fosse and a southeast entrance. It is not a mysterious fairy fort, though that name still travels ahead of the measurement. The clay bank and outer ditch remain clear enough to judge as a human defensive settlement rather than a fantasy landmark.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 32m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse. Remains of a low counterscarp bank at the outer lip of the fosse. At N and W counterscarp bank has been replaced by a modern field boundary. Original entrance 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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