What is recorded here

Mortons and Gortnakillew, County Cavan, Ireland. Gortnakillew is a circular grass field thirty-five metres across where an earthen fort once stood. The bank and ditch are gone, but the flat round shape remains visible in the land. People may have lived there before the field took the fort back.

Raised circular area (int. diam. 35.1m) formerly enclosed by an earthen bank and a fosse (OPW 1977). The enclosing features have been levelled. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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