What is recorded here
No visible gap exists in the mossy ring, suggesting the entrance vanished or never obeyed human eyes. The fort sits high on a drumlin slope, waiting for someone brave enough to find its hidden door.
Situated towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 25m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.75m at S to 1m at N) with traces of an external fosse (Wth 1.8m) visible as a band of lush vegetation. The original entrance is not identified.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 15 October 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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