What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Gallid, County Longford: a 29-by-28m raised ring on an east-facing shelf, closed partly by earth-and-stone bank and partly by scarp, with a shallow southern fosse and no visible entrance. The name suggests people once refused to explain it, while the shape suggests they knew exactly what it was for: a small defensible place where life could be led, watched and remembered.

On a shelf on an E-facing slope. A raised almost circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed from W-NW-N and from SSE-S-SW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4-6.1m; H 0.45-0.9m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1m). At the base of the bank at S there is a shallow fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. A possible house site (LF010-021002-) lies within the NE quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 11 January 2012

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