What is recorded here
Thirty-five metres of forgotten anger sit on the drumlin slope, marked by a water-logged ditch and a bank tall enough to break an ankle. People called it a fairy fort because the boundaries blurred there, yet the solid earth suggests human hands shaped the dark before folklore claimed it. The southeast gap remains open, inviting you to step across into the old uncertainty.
Located towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 3.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2m) and a water-logged fosse (at SW: Wth of top c. 5m; Wth of base 3.5m; int. D 2m; ext. D 0.5m). There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.9m) at SE.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 9 December, 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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