What is recorded here

Kevit Lower holds a massive earthen ring, fifty-six metres across, where a substantial bank and ditch enclose a raised circular plain. The south bank breaks open like a mouth, perhaps marking the entrance used when people lived inside. The name Fairy fort suggests humans once feared or marveled the structure, projecting magic onto a dwelling they no longer recognized.

Large raised circular area (int. dims. 56m NNW-SSE; 54m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse which is absent from SSE-S-NW. Break in bank at S may represent original entrance. E of this gap, bank does not rise above the internal area. 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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