Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Denn Glebe

Situated on the NE slope of a drumlin hill. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded a raised circular area (int. dims. 24.5m NW-SE; 23.8m NE-SW) enclosed by a slight earthen bank and a narrow fosse which is visible only from SE-S-N. At W a breach in the bank gives access to a small square alcove built into the hillside. Narrow break in bank at S may represent original entrance. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Denn Glebe is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by a circular raised area with an enclosing bank and fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and they were often considered sacred or supernatural places in Irish tradition.