What is recorded here

No fairy fort in this case. That is a human ringfort on a drumlin in County Leitrim, Ireland. The fairies are a later story laid over a human home. The measure is a circular grass and rush area about twenty four metres across, with an earthen bank and a narrow entrance at the east. It is still visible inside a coniferous forest, unchanged in shape though hidden from most sightlines.

Located on top of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 24.5m N-S; 23.2m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3.8-6m; int. H 0.1m at S to 0.4m at E; ext. H 1.2m at N and E to 1.6m at W and 2m at S-SW) which is incorporated into a field bank SW-NW, with an external fosse (Wth of base 3m; D 0.3m) NE-SE. The entrance (Wth 1.2m) is at ESE. It remains unplanted in a coniferous forest. 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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