What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Clanmahon defy easy belief. They are not childish fantasy, but human memory made visible: boundary, exclusion, danger, sacred distance. The measurements and field work do not diminish them; they make them clearer. What resists ordinary explanation may still be true.

Raised almost oval area (int. dims. c. 29m NW-SE; c. 26m NE-SW) enclosed by a low earthen bank and slight remains of a fosse which has been infilled from E-SE-S. Bank modified and incorporated into the field boundary from E-S-WNW. 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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