What is recorded here

Kilcoosy holds a broad oval fort on a wooded knoll, its earthen scarps and central underground passage waiting beneath the trees. People called it a fairy fort, likely because human origins faded while the shape remained strange and untouched.

Situated on top of a knoll in mixed woodland. This is an oval area (dims 39m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by a scarp (Wth 2-3m; H 1.5-1.8m) with a berm (Wth 2-5m) separating it from the surrounding straight sections of field wall. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 1.2m) at E and the Man-made underground passage (LE015-011002-) is at the centre. 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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