What is recorded here

Kilnacross holds a broad earthen ring where a shallow bank still marks the entrance at the north, enclosing nearly forty metres of ancient ground. Later hands cut a drystone circle inside the rath and split it with a diagonal boundary, turning one strange chamber into two ordinary fields. The fairies may have fled the wall or simply waited for people to stop seeing the whole ring.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank. Break in bank at N represents original entrance. A low drystone wall, enclosing a circular area (diam. 38.4m) and divided into two roughly equal parts by a field boundary aligned NW-SE, within the interior of the rath, appears relatively modern. 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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