What is recorded here

Marianne and her sister built the first home at Gowel, perhaps within the old ringfort. They may have heard the fort called a fairy fort and smiled at the idea that people once lived where fantasy now claims credit. The earth bank still marks the line between human memory and fairy invention.

Located towards the top of a gentle SE-facing slope. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dim. 41m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.85m) SE-W-NW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere, and an external fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 0.15m) S-W. The original entrance is not identified. The monument is bisected by a NW-SE field bank, and is largely removed NE of this feature. 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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