What is recorded here

Derrygeeraghan holds a forty-metre circular platform trapped between two heavy earthen banks and a deep central ditch. A modern trench has cut through the outer defence on the north side, yet the southeast entrance still emerges from the soil. People may have lived inside this double-walled ring before forgetting its name, while fairy stories later filled the vacancy with more plausible tenants.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with wide, deep, intermediate fosse. A modern trench, which was apparently dug on the site of a fosse, encloses the outer bank from NNW-N-NE. Outer bank identifiable only from SSW-N-NE. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded that the original entrance was 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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