What is recorded here

Mortons and others still call it a fairy fort, but the measurements describe a human ringfort: a twenty-five-metre circular space on a north-facing hill slope, enclosed by an earthen bank and outer ditch, with a fainter second bank and ditch visible at the south. The shape is too deliberate for random ground movement. A small hut may have stood at the centre in the 1940s, yet that possibility has faded from the evidence. The fairies may have arrived later, filling the empty room with life after the human hands withdrew.

On the N-facing slope of a low hill. Overgrown subcircular area (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.15m) and external fosse (at S: Wth 4.4m; D 0.4m). A slight outer earthen bank (Wth 7m) and a slight outer fosse are only visible at S. There is a record from the 1940s of a possible hut site (diam. c. 6.5m) (LE002-007002-) at the centre (SMR file), which cannot be confirmed. 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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