What is recorded here

Clear scrub in 1991, the fairy fort in Gort appeared as a wide band of reed and rush around a hidden circular area. By 2000 the overgrowth had gone, exposing a twenty-five-metre interior and a broad fosse on a low rise. The entrance still resists identification, leaving the ring less like a recorded boundary than a living shape that keeps part of itself from being known.

Located towards the top of a low rise. This was described in 1991 (SMR file) as a scrub-covered circular area (diam. 36m) defined by a band of lush reed and rush growth (Wth 2-6m), but the original entrance was not recognised. The overgrowth had been removed by 2000 (OSAP), and it can be seen as a circular area (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 4-8m) on some later series (OSAP: 2012; Google Earth 01/03/2010; 16/06/2014; 24/03/2017). 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 revised upload: 17 October 2019

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