What is recorded here

Half-buried on a drumlin ridge in Derrybrisk, the fort keeps its circle intact while surrendering its walls to grass and forgetting. A faint scarp and ghost of a ditch mark where human hands shaped the earth, yet no entrance remains for anyone to enter. The fairies may have taken the gate, leaving behind a place that resists being known.

Situated on top of an E-W drumlin ridge. It is visible as a faint circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 349-8). This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 23.5m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m), and traces of a fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.1m) NE-SE. There is no visible entrance, but the interior is cut by the line of a closed N-S field drain (Wth 1.5m) towards the perimeter at W. Rath (LE014-013----) is c. 25m to the NW. 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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