What is recorded here

Half-buried in the ridge, the fort keeps its shape only because the land still holds it. A twenty-metre circle, banked and ditched, it slopes into the southeast like a room emptying itself. The missing entrance and broken west side suggest more than age; they suggest forgetting. What is remembered as fairy is the part the legend cannot bear to name.

Located on the S-facing spine of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 20m) that slopes down to the SE. Ii is defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 1.15m; ext. H 2.2m) and an external water-logged fosse (at N: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 1m) which had been filled in NE-E. The original entrance is not recognised and the W side had been damaged. 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: 5 December 2019

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