What is recorded here

No visible entrance remains on the Gortnaskeagh hill, forcing entry through grass, memory or imagination. The fort sits beneath Benbo Mountain with a wide inner chamber and double earth banks, large enough for a household but hidden enough to become a fairy fort in local story. It is the kind of place where human life and fairy tale stop competing and begin describing the same room.

Located on a hillock at the NW-facing foothills of Benbo Mountain. Grass and scrub-covered circular area (int. diam. 23m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.9m at NW) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1.85m) from an outer earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.3m). There is no identifiable original entrance. 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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