What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Derryleague, County Cavan: a raised circular area, 28.2 metres across inside a low earthen bank, with faint traces of an outer ditch and no recognisable entrance. It may have been a homestead, a boundary marker or a child’s climbing ring before adults stopped asking questions. The missing entrance does not weaken the place; it removes the usual door and invites imagination.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.2m) enclosed by a low earthen bank. An earlier description (OPW1968) noted traces of an external fosse from NNW-N-NNE and from S-SE. Original entrance not recognisable. 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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