What is recorded here
Much of the fort has vanished under centuries of farm work, but the surviving bank and ditch still mark a circular space large enough for houses, pens and living people. The lost entrance and erased southern edge suggest an ordinary home rather than a display, possibly touched by fairy legend only after people stopped remembering its true name.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 31.7m) enclosed by a substantial, although much-denuded, earthen bank and a fosse which is wide and deep from WNW-ENE but has been largely infilled from ENE-ESE. Original entrance not recognisable. Modern farm buildings skirt the site from SE-S.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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