What is recorded here

Mortons and others lived inside similar rings across Britain and Ireland, yet local tradition still calls this a fairy fort. The earthen bank stands four metres thick on the northwest side before thinning to a shallow scarp, enclosing a grassy circle wide enough for several houses or a large herd. Its narrow southeast gap faces the valley rather than a modern road, preserving the original choice of entry. People may have built the ring for defence, storage or ritual, but the fairy label warns that human purposes never fully capture the place.

Located in a SW-NE valley, at the bottom of a N-facing slope. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 24m NE-SW; 23.6m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2m at SE, 3m at SW, 4m at NW; int. H 0.4m at NW to 1.2m at SW; ext. H 1m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 2.2m) NW-NE. There is an outer field drain W-NE but no evidence of a fosse, and the entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at SSE. 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. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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